to consume

Greek Verb

ἀν-αλίσκω (on the etymology, see MM, VGT, see word), [in LXX chiefly for אָכַל also for כָּלָה, etc;] 1) to expend. 2) to consume, destroy: Luk.9:54, Gal.5:15, 2Th.2:8, Rec. WH, mg. (AS)

to consume

Greek Verb

ἀνᾱλίσκω [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also ἀνᾱλόω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ἀνήλισκον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀνᾱλώσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἀνήλωσα[Refs 5th c.BC+] and later: perfect ἀνήλωκα[Refs 5th c.BC+] codices and later:—passive, future ἀνᾱλωθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἀνηλώθην and ἀνᾱλώθην: perfect ἀνήλωμαι and ἀνάλωμαι:—in Attic Inscrr. both forms are found in 5th C, ἀναλίσκω only from 4th C onwards. The augmented forms are sometimes wrongly used, ἀνηλοῦντι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; compare ἀνήλωμα: ἀνάλωσα is found at Amorgos, [Refs]:—use up, spend, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἴς τι spend upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] spend money in paying him, [Refs]:—passive, τἀνηλωμένα the monies expended [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) metaphorically, ἀνήλωσας λόγον hast wasted words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὕπνον waste time in sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγῳ ἀ. τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας diem eximere dicendo, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 3) consume, σιτία[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, in passive, to be eaten, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be expended, εἰς τὴν πιμελήν in forming fat, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II) of persons, kill, destroy, τοὺς ἀναλωθέντας[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle kill oneself, [Refs]: —passive, to be consumed, perish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be disposed of, got rid of, [Refs](ἀνά, ἁλίσκομαι.)

Greek

Verb

properly, to use up, i.e. destroy; consume; from g303 (ἀνά) and a form of the alternate of g138 (αἱρέομαι)