Revelation 20:9 KJV
(9) And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
This is the meaning of the word devour
G2719
κατεσθίω
katesthiō
Thayer Definition:
1) to consume by eating, to eat up, devour
1a) of birds
1b) of a dragon
1c) of a man eating up the little book
2) metaphorically
2a) to devour, i.e. squander, waste: substance
2b) to devour, i.e. forcibly appropriate: widows’ property
2c) to strip one of his goods
1c1) to ruin (by the infliction of injuries)
2d) by fire, to devour, i.e. to utterly consume, destroy
2e) of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G2596 and G2068 (including its alternate)