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G5149 τρίζω (trízō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I grategnash

Strong's Definition

to creak (squeak), i.e. (by analogy) to grate the teeth (in frenzy)

Derivation: apparently a primary verb;

KJV Usage: gnash

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

τρίζω; to squeak, make a shrill cry (Homer, Herodotus, Aristotle, Plutarch, Lucian, others): transitive, τούς δωντας, to grind or gnash the teeth, Mar_9:18; κατά τίνος, Ev. Nicod. c. 5.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

τρίζω trizō 1x to creak, grating sound; to gnash, grind the teeth, Mar_9:18

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** τρίζω , [in Aq .: Amo_2:13 ; Sm .: Isa_38:14 * ;] 1. prop ., of sounds by animals, to cry, chirp , etc. 2. Of other sounds, e.g ., trans., τ . ὀδόντας , to gnash or grind the teeth: Mar_9:18 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

τρίζω [page 642] In its only occurrence in the NT, Mar_9:18 , τρίζω is used transitively, τοὺς ὀδόντας τρίζειν , to gnash or grind the teeth : see Blass-Debnmner § 148. 1.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

τρίζω [Etym: Root ΤΡΙΓ] [Etym: Formed from the sound] [Etym: epic part. τετριγῶτες, for τετριγότες] of animals, "to utter a shrill cry, to scream, cry", of young birds, Il. ; of bats, Od. ; of ghosts (which, in Shaksp., "squeak and gibber"), Hom. , etc. of other sounds, νῶτα τετρίγει (epic plup.) the wrestlers' backs "cracked", Il. ; τρ. τοὺς ὀδόντας "to gnash" the teeth, NTest. ; of a musical string, "to twang", Anth.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

τρίζω [in Aq.: Amo.2:13; Sm.: Isa.38:14 * ;] __1. prop., of sounds by animals, to cry, chirp, etc. __2. Of other sounds, e.g., trans., τ. ὀδόντας, to gnash or grind the teeth: Mrk.9:18.† (AS)

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