to consume
Analisko denotes consuming so that a person or group is destroyed, whether by fire or mutual hostility.
The attested use describes consuming toward destruction: fire is proposed to consume people in Luke 9:54, while mutual biting and devouring warns of people being consumed by one another in Galatians 5:15.
Senses in use
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Consume to destruction · dominant
In Luke 9:54, the aorist active infinitive occurs in the proposal that fire come down from heaven; the APB renders the clause "and consume them?" In Galatians 5:15, the aorist passive subjunctive warns that those who bite and devour one another may themselves be consumed; the APB renders "that you are not consumed by one another."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "consume" in Luke 9:54 and "consumed" in Galatians 5:15. These reflect active and passive clauses respectively.