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G1031 βρύχω (brýchō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I grind or gnash

Strong's Definition

to grate the teeth (in pain or rage)

Derivation: a primary verb;

KJV Usage: gnash

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βρύχω: (imperfect ἔβρυχον); to grind, gnash, with the teeth: ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα, Act_7:54 (Job_16:9; Psa_34:16 (); Psa_36:12 () for αΔΜωΐΡπΗΜιΔν ηΘψΗχ and ωΔΡπΗΜιΔν ηΘψΗχ; intransitive, without ὀδόντας (quoted in Hermippus ()) Plutarch, Pericl. 33 at the end; (Hipp. (see Liddell and Scott))). Of the same origin as βρύκω (cf. δέχω and δέκω), to bite, chew; see Hermann on Sophocles Philoct. 735;Ellendt, Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word βρύκω).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

βρύχω brychō 1x to grate or gnash the teeth, Act_7:54

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

βρύχω ( Attic , βρύκω ), [in LXX : Job_16:9 , Psa_35:16 ; Psa_37:12 ; Psa_112:10 , Lam_2:16 ( H2786 ) * ;] 1. to bite or eat greedily. 2. to gnash, grind, with the teeth: Act_7:54 .†

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

βρύχω (Attic, βρύκω), [in LXX: Job.16:10(9), Psa.34 (35):16 36 (37):12 111 (112):10, La 2:16 (חרק)* ;] __1. to bite or eat greedily. __2. to gnash, grind, with the teeth: Act.7:54. † (AS)

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