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Thursday, August 28th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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GNAW, naw. Gr. to scrape.
1. To bite off by little and little to bite or scrape off with the fore teeth to wear away by biting. The rats gnaw a board or plank a worm gnaws the wood of a tree or the plank of a ship.
2. To eat by biting off small portions of food with the fore teeth.
3. To bite in agony or rage.
They gnawed their tongues for pain. Revelation 16
4. To waste to fret to corrode.
5. To pick with the teeth.
His bones clean picked his very bones they gnaw.
GNAW, naw. To use the teeth in biting.
I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Gnaw'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/g/gnaw.html.
Entry for 'Gnaw'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/g/gnaw.html.
