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To gnash

βρύχωStrong’s G1031

bruchō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Bruchō is the Greek word usually translated “were gnashing”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.”
Acts 7:54 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “were gnashing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • were gnashing 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    βρύχω bruchō · to gnash

    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)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “gnash” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    GNASH, verb transitive

    nash. To strike the teeth together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth in rage.

      All definitions and other forms of “gnash”

        GNASH, verb intransitive

        nash. To grind the teeth.

        1. “He shall gnash with his teeth and melt away” Psalms 112:10
        2. To rage even to collision with the teeth; to growl.“They gnashed on me with their teeth” Psalms 35:16

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.