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Strong's #1031 - βρύχω

Transliteration

brýchō

Phonetics

broo'-kho

Root Word (Etymology)

a primary word

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

1:641,110

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to grind, gnash with the teeth
to bite, to chew

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2786 ‑ חָרַק (khaw‑rak);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Acts 1

NAS (1)

Acts 1

HCS (1)

Acts 1

BSB (1)

Acts 1

ESV (1)

Acts 1

WEB (1)

Acts 1

KJV (1)

gnashed 1

NAS (1)

gnashing 1

HCS (1)

gnashed 1

BSB (1)

they gnashed 1

ESV (1)

ground 1

WEB (1)

they gnashed 1

RAH

V-AAI3P 2

V-AAI3S 1

V-FAI3S 2

ANT

V-IAI-3P 1

BEZ

V-IAI-3P 1

BGB

V-IIA-3P 1

BMT

V-IAI-3P 1

BYZ

V-IAI-3P 1

ELZ

V-IAI-3P 1

NA26

V-IAI-3P 1

SBL

V-3IAIP 1

SCV

V-IAI-3P 1

STV

V-IAI-3P 1

TIS

V-IAI-3P 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βρυχός, = βρύκος, Hsch. βρύχω, v. βρύκω; but βρυχομαι, v. βρυχάομαι.

βρύκω or βρύχω [ῡ]

(the former Att. acc. to Moer. and Ammon.; the distn. βρύκω bite, βρύχω gnash does not hold good), mostly pres.: fut. βρύξω Hp. Mul. 1.2, Lyc. 678: aor. ἔβρυξα Hp. Epid. 5.8, Nic. Th. 207, al., AP 7.624 (Diod.), (ἐπ-) Archipp. 35: aor. 2 ἔβρῠχε AP 9.252 (late, perh. impf.): for βέβρῡχα, v. βρυχάομαι: — Pass., v. infr.: —

I eat greedily, gobble, γνάθος ἱππείη βρύκει champs the bit, Hom. Epigr. 14.13; ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ [κρέα].. βρύκειν E. Cyc. 358, cf. 372; πρὸς ταῦτα βρύκετ' Ar. Pax 1315; bite, βρύκουσ' ἀπέδεσθαι.. τοὺς δακτύλους biting, Id. Av. 26; of smoke, ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ Id. Lys. 301; later, simply, devour, consume, Nic. Al. 489, al.; βρύξας, of the sea, is perh. f.l. for βρόξας in AP 7.624 (Diod.): metaph., tear in pieces, devour, of a gnawing disease, βρύκει S. Tr. 987 (lyr.); βρύκει γὰρ ἅπαν τὸ παρόν Cratin. 58; τὰ πατρῷα βρύκει Diph. 43.27: — Pass., ἀπόλωλα, τέκνον, βρύκομαι S. Ph. 745; βρυχθεὶς ἁλί AP 9.267 (Phil.).

II gnash or grind the teeth, τοὺς ὀδόντας βρύχει Hp. Mul. 1.7, etc., cf. AP 15.51 (Arch.); τὸ στόμα β. Babr. 95.45; β. τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα Acts 7:54; also βρύχει alone, Hp. Mul. 2.120; also intr., οἱ ὀδόντες βρύχουσι ib. 1.36; βρῦκον στόμα Nic. Al. 226, cf. Th. 207, al.: — Med., βρύχονται Hp. Morb.Sacr. 1 (prob.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

βρύχω: (imperfect ἔβρυχον); to grind, gnash, with the teeth: ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα, Acts 7:54 (Job 16:9; Psalm 34:16 (); Psalm 36:12 () for בִּשְׁנַּיִם חָרַק and שִׁנַּיִם חָרַק; 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).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

βρύχω

(Attic, βρύκω ),

[in LXX: Job 16:9, Psalms 35:16; Psalms 37:12; Psalms 112:10, Lamentations 2:16 (H2786) *;]

1. to bite or eat greedily.

2. to gnash, grind, with the teeth: Acts 7:54.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

βρύξει έβρυξαν έβρυξεν εβρυχον έβρυχον ἔβρυχον ebruchon ebrychon ébrychon