Strong G3599ὀδούς
tooth
- Transliteration
- odous
- Pronunciation
- od-ooce
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps from the base of G2068; a tooth: - tooth.
Detailed definition
ὀδούς, -όντος, ὁ
[in LXX for שֵׁן;]
a tooth: Mat.5:38, Mrk.9:18, Act.7:54; pl., Rev.9:8, ὁ βρυγμὸς (which see) τ. ὀδόντων, Mat.8:12 13:42, 50 22:13 24:51 25:30, Luk.13:28.†
(AS)
[in LXX for שֵׁן;]
a tooth: Mat.5:38, Mrk.9:18, Act.7:54; pl., Rev.9:8, ὁ βρυγμὸς (which see) τ. ὀδόντων, Mat.8:12 13:42, 50 22:13 24:51 25:30, Luk.13:28.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3599 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- teeth10
- with2
- tooth1
First verses
- Matthew 5:38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- Matthew 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 13:42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 13:50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 22:13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 24:51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 25:30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Mark 9:18And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
- Luke 13:28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
- Acts 7:54When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
- Revelation 9:8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀδούς, όντος, ὁ,
nominative ὀδούς [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1161b23, LXX.1Ki.14.4, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Musc.Enc.” 3, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.12.2, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.13, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 7.4)]; Ionic dialect ὀδών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.107 (bis), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.19, 52, cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.928)]:—tooth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.74, +others)]; ἕρκος ὀδόντων, see at {ἕρκος}; πρίειν ὀδόντας, see at {πρίω}; ὀ. ὀξεῖς incisors, opposed to πλατεῖς, molars, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 661b8, +others)]
2 metaphorically, γλυκὺς ὀ. ὁ τοῦ πόθου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 3)]; ὁ τῆς λύπης ὀ. the tooth of grief, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus [prev. cited])]
II anything pointed or sharp, tooth, prong, spike, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 85)]: plural, teeth of a saw, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 200b6)]; of a comb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.16.2)]; of a cog-wheel, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 2.36, Theo. Sm. p.180)] H.; ploughshare, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.13.21)]; ὀ. πέτρας peak, pike,[LXX ([prev. work] 14.4, LXX.Psa.77.30.)]
III second vertebra of the neck or its apophysis (the odontoid process), so called from its shape, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.2.24, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.131, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 12.7)] (but the first vertebra accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 154))]. (Old present participle [Refs 5th c.BC+ (of 1.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] ed- (alternating with od- (cf. Armenian utem 'I eat') and d-), the root of ἔδω, ἔδ-μεναι, Latin edo, etc.: cf. Sanskrit accusative dántam 'tooth', Latin dens, Gothic tunpus, etc.: Aeolic dialect ἔδοντες [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Cratylum commentaria” p.39 P., etc.))]
nominative ὀδούς [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1161b23, LXX.1Ki.14.4, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Musc.Enc.” 3, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.12.2, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.13, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 7.4)]; Ionic dialect ὀδών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.107 (bis), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.19, 52, cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.928)]:—tooth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.74, +others)]; ἕρκος ὀδόντων, see at {ἕρκος}; πρίειν ὀδόντας, see at {πρίω}; ὀ. ὀξεῖς incisors, opposed to πλατεῖς, molars, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 661b8, +others)]
2 metaphorically, γλυκὺς ὀ. ὁ τοῦ πόθου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 3)]; ὁ τῆς λύπης ὀ. the tooth of grief, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus [prev. cited])]
II anything pointed or sharp, tooth, prong, spike, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 85)]: plural, teeth of a saw, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 200b6)]; of a comb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.16.2)]; of a cog-wheel, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 2.36, Theo. Sm. p.180)] H.; ploughshare, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.13.21)]; ὀ. πέτρας peak, pike,[LXX ([prev. work] 14.4, LXX.Psa.77.30.)]
III second vertebra of the neck or its apophysis (the odontoid process), so called from its shape, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.2.24, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.131, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 12.7)] (but the first vertebra accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 154))]. (Old present participle [Refs 5th c.BC+ (of 1.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] ed- (alternating with od- (cf. Armenian utem 'I eat') and d-), the root of ἔδω, ἔδ-μεναι, Latin edo, etc.: cf. Sanskrit accusative dántam 'tooth', Latin dens, Gothic tunpus, etc.: Aeolic dialect ἔδοντες [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Cratylum commentaria” p.39 P., etc.))]