Strong G1143δάκνω
to bite
- Transliteration
- daknō
- Pronunciation
- dak'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of a primary root; to bite that is (figuratively) thwart: - bite.
Detailed definition
δάκνω
[in LXX for נשׁךְ, Gen.49:17, al., exc. Deu.8:15 (שׂרף);]
to bite: metaphorically, Gal.5:15.†
(AS)
[in LXX for נשׁךְ, Gen.49:17, al., exc. Deu.8:15 (שׂרף);]
to bite: metaphorically, Gal.5:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1143 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bite1
First verses
- Galatians 5:15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
δάκν-ω,
[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 49.6 (conjecture), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 399, etc.)]: future δήξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 16, “Mul.” 1.18 (variant{δάξεται}))]: perfect δέδηχα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 77:)]aorist 1 ἔδηξα late, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 9)]: aorist 2 (the only tense in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus) ἔδᾰκον Batrachomyomachia 181, 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 10.32, etc.)], Epic dialect δάκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.493, reduplicate δέδακε “Anthologia Graeca” 12.15 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]: Epic dialect infinitive δακέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.572)]: —passive, δάκνομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 910)]: future δηχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1100)]: aorist ἐδήχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 254, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 18, etc.; later ἐδάκην 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.2)]: perfect δέδηγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1, etc.)]; Doric dialect δεδαγμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.87, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 50)] codices:—bite, of dogs, δακέειν μὲν ἀπετρωπῶντο λεόντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.585)]; of a gnat, ἰσχανάᾳ δακέειν [Refs (17.572)]; στόμιον δ. champ the bit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1009)]; χεῖλος ὀδοῦσι δακών, as a mark of stern determination, Tyrt.[same place]: absolutely, δακὼν ἀνάσχου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 141)]; δ. στόμα bite one's tongue, so as to refrain from speaking, πρὸ τῶν τοιούτων χρὴ λόγων δ. στόμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 397, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 976)]; δ. ἑαυτόν to bite one's lips for fear of laughing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 43)]; so (by a joke παρὰ προσδοκίαν) δ. θυμόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1369; δ. χόλον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1170.)]
II metaphorically of pungent smoke and dust, sting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 18, “Lys.” 298, “Pl.” 822)]; δ. ὄμματα, of dry winds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.17.)]
III of the mind, bite, sting, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.493, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 567; ἔδακε λύπη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16.a'; συμφορὰ δ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 846)]; λόφοι δὲ κώδωντ᾽ οὐ δάκνουσ᾽ ἄνευ δορός have no sting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 399; σαίνουσα δάκνεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 885; τὸ δάκνον τῆς συμβουλῆς 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.207d)]; of love, πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ τὸν φιλόπαιδα δάκνουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474d)]:—frequently in passive, δηχθεῖσα κέντροις.. ἠράσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1303; ἔρωτι δεδαγμένος Callias Epigrammaticus)] [prev. cited]; of vexation, δάκνομαι ψυχήν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 910)]; συμφορᾷ δεδαγμένοι Pi.[same place]; δέδηγμαι καρδίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1; ὑπὸ τῆς δαπάνης [prev. author] “Nu.” 12)]; πρός τι, ἐπί τινι, at a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 378, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.3; ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218a)]: c.participle, ἐδήχθη ἀκούσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.13)]. (Cf.Sanskritdáśati 'bite', Gothic tahjan 'tear'.)
[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 49.6 (conjecture), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 399, etc.)]: future δήξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 16, “Mul.” 1.18 (variant{δάξεται}))]: perfect δέδηχα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 77:)]aorist 1 ἔδηξα late, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 9)]: aorist 2 (the only tense in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus) ἔδᾰκον Batrachomyomachia 181, 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 10.32, etc.)], Epic dialect δάκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.493, reduplicate δέδακε “Anthologia Graeca” 12.15 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]: Epic dialect infinitive δακέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.572)]: —passive, δάκνομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 910)]: future δηχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1100)]: aorist ἐδήχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 254, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 18, etc.; later ἐδάκην 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.2)]: perfect δέδηγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1, etc.)]; Doric dialect δεδαγμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.87, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 50)] codices:—bite, of dogs, δακέειν μὲν ἀπετρωπῶντο λεόντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.585)]; of a gnat, ἰσχανάᾳ δακέειν [Refs (17.572)]; στόμιον δ. champ the bit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1009)]; χεῖλος ὀδοῦσι δακών, as a mark of stern determination, Tyrt.[same place]: absolutely, δακὼν ἀνάσχου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 141)]; δ. στόμα bite one's tongue, so as to refrain from speaking, πρὸ τῶν τοιούτων χρὴ λόγων δ. στόμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 397, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 976)]; δ. ἑαυτόν to bite one's lips for fear of laughing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 43)]; so (by a joke παρὰ προσδοκίαν) δ. θυμόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1369; δ. χόλον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1170.)]
II metaphorically of pungent smoke and dust, sting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 18, “Lys.” 298, “Pl.” 822)]; δ. ὄμματα, of dry winds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.17.)]
III of the mind, bite, sting, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.493, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 567; ἔδακε λύπη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16.a'; συμφορὰ δ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 846)]; λόφοι δὲ κώδωντ᾽ οὐ δάκνουσ᾽ ἄνευ δορός have no sting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 399; σαίνουσα δάκνεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 885; τὸ δάκνον τῆς συμβουλῆς 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.207d)]; of love, πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ τὸν φιλόπαιδα δάκνουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474d)]:—frequently in passive, δηχθεῖσα κέντροις.. ἠράσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1303; ἔρωτι δεδαγμένος Callias Epigrammaticus)] [prev. cited]; of vexation, δάκνομαι ψυχήν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 910)]; συμφορᾷ δεδαγμένοι Pi.[same place]; δέδηγμαι καρδίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1; ὑπὸ τῆς δαπάνης [prev. author] “Nu.” 12)]; πρός τι, ἐπί τινι, at a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 378, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.3; ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218a)]: c.participle, ἐδήχθη ἀκούσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.13)]. (Cf.Sanskritdáśati 'bite', Gothic tahjan 'tear'.)