Lexicon
ἀναλίσκω
analiskō
G0355
G:V Greek

to consume

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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

  1. 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.

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