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Koine Greek wordlink #161284

SR GNT Rev 10:9 κατάφαγε (katafage) ‘to me take and devour it and it will_be making_bitter’ Strongs=27190 Lemma=katesthiō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=aorist voice=active person=2nd number=singular
Refers to Word #156570 Person=John2

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Only use of identical word form κατάφαγε (V-MAA2..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κατάφαγε’ (V-MAA2..S) is always and only glossed as ‘devour’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘katesthiō’ have 12 different glosses: ‘are devouring’, ‘having devoured’, ‘is devouring’, ‘is devouring you_all’, ‘will_be consuming’, ‘I devoured’, ‘he may devour it’, ‘it devoured’, ‘you_all are devouring’, ‘devour’, ‘devoured’, ‘devouring’.

Greek words (1) other than κατάφαγε (V-MAA2..S) with a gloss related to ‘devour’

REV 12:4 καταφάγῃ (katafagaʸ) V-SAA3..S ‘the child of her he may devour it’ SR GNT Rev 12:4 word 40

Key: V=verb MAA2..S=imperative,aorist,active,2nd person singular SAA3..S=subjunctive,aorist,active,3rd person singular