ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΟΥΣΙΝ, κατεσθιουσιν
KATESTHIOUSIN, katesthiousin
Sounds Like: kah-tes-THEE-oo-sin
Translations: they devour, they consume, they eat up
From the root: ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ἐσθίω (esthiō), meaning 'to eat'. Together, it means 'to eat down', 'to eat up', or 'to devour completely'. It is often used to describe the complete destruction or consumption of something, whether literally eating food or figuratively consuming resources or property.
Inflection: 3rd Person, Plural, Present, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G2719 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Isaiah — 1:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Isaiah — 1:7
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 20:47
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΙΣΘΙΕΤΕ — you devour, you consume, you eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓ — devour, consume, eat up, destroy
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕΙΝ — to eat up, to devour, to consume, to destroy
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕΤΑΙ — will devour, will consume, will eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΟΝΤΕ — having eaten up, having devoured, having consumed
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΩ — to devour, to consume, to eat up, to eat away
- ΚΑΤΕΔΕΣΘΑΙ — to eat up, to devour, to consume, to swallow up
- ΚΑΤΕΔΕΣΘΕ — you will devour, you will consume, you will eat up
- ΚΑΤΕΔΕΤΑΙ — devours, consumes, eats up, eats down
- ΚΑΤΕΔΟΝΤΑΙ — they will eat up, they will devour, they will consume
- ΚΑΤΕΔΟΝΤΕ — they ate, having eaten, devoured, consumed
- ΚΑΤΕΔΟΤΑΙ — they will eat up, they will devour, they will consume
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΕΤΕ — you eat up, you devour, you consume
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΗ — was eaten, was devoured, was consumed
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΕΙ — devours, consumes, eats up, eats down
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΕΙΝ — to eat up, to devour, to consume
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΕΤΕ — you devour, you eat up, you consume
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΕΤΩΣΑΝ — let them devour, let them eat up, let them consume
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΟΜΕΝΑΣ — devoured, eaten up, consumed
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΟΝΤΑΣ — devouring, consuming, eating up, eating, a devourer, a consumer
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΟΝΤΕΣ — devouring, consuming, eating up, eating, a devourer, a consumer
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΟΣΑΝ — they ate up, they devoured, they consumed
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΟΥΣΑ — devouring, consuming, eating up, eating, a devouring, a consuming
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΟΥΣΑΙ — devouring, eating up, consuming
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΟΥΣΗΣ — of devouring, of consuming, of eating up
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΟΥΣΙ — they devour, they eat up, they consume
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΩ — to eat up, to devour, to consume, to waste, to destroy
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΩΝ — devouring, consuming, eating up
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΙΩΣΙΝ — they eat up, they devour, they consume
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΟΝΤΕΣ — devouring, consuming, eating up, eating, consuming, destroying
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΟΝΤΩΝ — of those devouring, of those consuming, of those eating up
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΟΣΑΝ — they ate up, they devoured, they consumed
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΟΥΣΑ — devouring, eating up, consuming, a devouring, an eating up, a consuming
- ΚΑΤΕΣΘΩΝ — eating up, consuming, devouring, a devourer, one who eats up
- ΚΑΤΕΦΑΓΕ — devoured, ate up, consumed
- ΚΑΤΕΦΑΓΕΝ — devoured, consumed, ate up
- ΚΑΤΕΦΑΓΕΣΑΝ — they ate up, they devoured, they consumed
- ΚΑΤΕΦΑΓΟΝ — devoured, ate up, consumed
- ΚΑΤΗΣΘΙΕ — he was eating up, he was devouring, he was consuming
- ΚΑΤΗΣΘΙΕΝ — was eating up, was devouring, was consuming, devoured, consumed
- ΚΑΤΗΣΘΙΟΝ — devoured, ate up, consumed
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