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G1031 — βρύχω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
brucho (broo'-kho) v.
1. to grate the teeth (in pain or rage)
[a primary verb]
KJV: gnash
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
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 áÄÌùÀÑðÇÌéÄí çÈøÇ÷ and ùÄÑðÇÌéÄí çÈøÇ÷; 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).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βρύχω (gnash)
Acts 7:54
- KJV: When they heard these things they were cut to the heart and they gnashed on him with teeth
- GK: ακούοντες δε ταύτα διεπρίοντο ταις καρδίαις αυτών και έβρυχον τους οδόντας επ΄ αυτόν