ΚΑΤΕΦΑΓΟΣΑΝ, κατεφαγοσαν
KATEPHAGOSAN, katephagosan
Sounds Like: kah-teh-FAH-go-sahn
Translations: they ate up, they devoured, they consumed
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the prefix κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'completely,' and the verb φάγω (phagō), meaning 'to eat.' Together, it means 'to eat up,' 'to devour,' or 'to consume entirely.' It implies a thorough and complete act of eating, often with the nuance of destruction or depletion. It is used to describe a group of people who completely consumed something.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2719 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 14:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕ — devour, consume, eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕΣΑΙ — you will eat up, you will devour, you will consume
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕΤΕ — you eat up, you devour, you consume, you destroy
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕΤΩ — let it devour, let it consume, let it eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΗ — devour, consume, eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΟΙΣ — you might devour, you might consume, you might eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΟΙΣΑΝ — having devoured, having eaten up, having consumed
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΩΝ — having devoured, who devoured, devouring, consuming, eating up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΩΣΙΝ — to eat up, to devour, to consume, to destroy
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