{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G2719",
  "lemma": "κατεσθίω",
  "transliteration": "katesthíō",
  "definition": "to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively)",
  "kjv": "devour",
  "occurrences": 158,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G2596",
      "lemma": "κατά",
      "transliteration": "katá",
      "meaning": "about",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G2596"
    },
    {
      "id": "G2068",
      "lemma": "ἐσθίω",
      "transliteration": "esthíō",
      "meaning": "used only in certain tenses",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G2068"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 13:4",
      "text": "As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 4:4",
      "text": "As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 12:40",
      "text": "those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/12?v=40"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 8:5",
      "text": "“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 15:30",
      "text": "But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 20:47",
      "text": "who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/20?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "John 2:17",
      "text": "His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/2?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Corinthians 11:20",
      "text": "For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/11?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Galatians 5:15",
      "text": "But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/5?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Revelation 10:9",
      "text": "I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will make your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/10?v=9"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G2719",
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
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  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
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