- Transliteration: Katesthio

- Phonetic: kat-es-thee'-o

- Definition:

1. to consume by eating, to eat up, devour

a. of birds

b. of a dragon

c. of a man eating up the little book

2. metaph.

a. to devour i.e. squander, waste: substance

b. to devour i.e. forcibly appropriate: widows' property

c. to strip one of his goods

1. to ruin (by the infliction of injuries)

d. by fire, to devour i.e. to utterly consume, destroy

e. of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions

- Origin: from G2596" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2596 and G2068" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2068 (including its alternate)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G2596" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2596 and G2068" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2068 (including its alternate); to eat down that is devour (literally or figuratively): - devour.