Galatians 5:14-15 - If Ye Bite and Devour One Another

Galatians 5:14-15 If Ye Bite and Devour One Another

14) For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

15) But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Galatians 5:14

For G1063 all G3956 the law G3551 is fulfilled G4137 in G1722 one G1520 word, G3056 even in G1722 this; Thou shalt love G25 thy G4675 neighbour G4139 as G5613 thyself. G1438

Galatians 5:15

But G1161 if G1487 ye bite G1143 and G2532 devour G2719 one another, G240 take heed G991 that ye be G355 G0 not G3361 consumed G355 one G240 of G5259 another. G240

bite G1143

I. to bite with the teeth

II. metaph., to wound the soul, cut lacerate, rend with reproaches

dak'-no; a prolonged form of a primary root; to bite, i.e. (figuratively) thwart:—bite.

devour G2719

I. to consume by eating, to eat up, devour

A. of birds

B. of a dragon

C. of a man eating up the little book

II. metaph.

A. to devour i.e. squander, waste: substance

B. to devour i.e. forcibly appropriate: widows' property

C.to strip one of his goods

1) to ruin (by the infliction of injuries)

D. by fire, to devour i.e. to utterly consume, destroy

E. of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions

kat-es-thee'-o; from G2596 and G2068 (including its alternate); to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively):—devour.

consumed G355

I. to expend

A. to consume, e.g. spend money

II. to consume, use up, destroy

analískō, an-al-is'-ko; from G303 and a form of the alternate of G138; properly, to use up, i.e. destroy:—consume.

take heed G991

I. to see, discern, of the bodily eye

A. with the bodily eye: to be possessed of sight, have the power of seeing

B. perceive by the use of the eyes: to see, look descry

C. to turn the eyes to anything: to look at, look upon, gaze at

D. to perceive by the senses, to feel

E. to discover by use, to know by experience

II. metaph. to see with the mind's eye

A. to have (the power of) understanding

B. to discern mentally, observe, perceive, discover, understand

C. to turn the thoughts or direct the mind to a thing, to consider, contemplate, to look at, to weigh carefully, examine

III. in a geographical sense of places, mountains, buildings, etc. turning towards any quarter, as it were, facing it

blep'-o; a primary verb; to look at (literally or figuratively):—behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, take heed. Compare G3700.

consumed G355

I. to expend

A. to consume, e.g. spend money

II. to consume, use up, destroy

 analískō, an-al-is'-ko; from G303 and a form of the alternate of G138; properly, to use up, i.e. destroy:—consume.