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Bible Analysis
Matthew 23:14
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
(See Variants Below)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
Textus Receptus Support:
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Variants
This verse is not fully supported by the Stephanus 1550 but is supported by the Beza 1598.
Variant: Transpose "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation" to before verse 13.
Greek-English Dictionary
to eat down that is devour (literally or figuratively)
1. to consume by eating, to eat up, devour
a. of birds
b. of a dragon
c. of a man eating up the little book
2. 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
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.