Words the Bible translates as consume
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- akhalאָכַלto eat: to take something in and use it up, whether food into a body or anything into a force that destroys it
- kalahכָּלָהto reach a full end, or to bring something to its full end: to finish it, use it up, or wipe it out
- katesthiōκατεσθίωto eat up completely: to devour, consume, or swallow down until nothing is left
- katakaiōκατακαίωto burn something up: to destroy it with fire until nothing of it is left.
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
- analiskōἀναλίσκωto consumenot studied yet
- katanaliskōκαταναλίσκωto consumenot studied yet
- saphahסָפָהto sweep or scrape away to destruction; and so, in the passive, to be swept away and perish
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- to add or heap up, piling one thing on top of another (usually guilt or wrath)
- dapanaōδαπανάωto spend: to pay out or use up money and resources.
- balahבָּלָהto wear out: to become old and worn through use, or to use something up.
- suphסוּףto come to a complete end and be gone; and, with God acting, to finish something off entirely.
- ḥasalחָסַלto consumenot studied yet
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