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To bite

δάκνωStrong’s G1143

daknō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Daknō is the Greek word usually translated “bite”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.”
Galatians 5:15 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • you bite 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Galatians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    δάκνω daknō · to bite

    δάκνω [in LXX for נשׁךְ, Gen.49:17, al., exc. Deu.8:15 (שׂרף) ;] to bite: metaphorically, Gal.5:15.† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    BITE, verb transitive

    preterit tense bit; participle passive bit, bitten.

    1. To break or crush with the teeth, as in eating; to pierce with the teeth, as a serpent; to seize with the teeth, as a dog.
    2. To pinch or pain, as with cold; as a biting north wind; the frost bites.
    3. To reproach with sarcasm; to treat with severity by words or writing; as, one poet praises, another bites.
    4. To pierce, cut, or wound; as a biting falchion.
    All definitions and other forms of “bite”
    1. To make to smart, as acids bite the mouth.
    2. To cheat; to trick.
    3. To enter the ground and hold fast, as the bill and palm of an anchor.
    4. To injure by angry contention.“If ye bite and devour one another” Galatians 5:15

    BITE, noun

    The seizure of any thing by the teeth of an animal, as the bite of a dog; or with the mouth, as of a fish.

    1. The wound made by the teeth.
    2. A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting; a mouthful.
    3. A cheat; a trick; a fraud. [A low word.]
    4. A sharper; one who cheats.

    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.