Strong G5149τρίζω
to gnash
- Transliteration
- trizo
- Pronunciation
- trid'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a primary verb; to creak (squeak) that is (by analogy) to grate the teeth (in frenzy): - gnash.
Detailed definition
τρίζω
[in Aq.: Amo.2:13; Sm.: Isa.38:14 *;]
1. prop., of sounds by animals, to cry, chirp, etc.
2. Of other sounds, e.g., trans., τ. ὀδόντας, to gnash or grind the teeth: Mrk.9:18.†
(AS)
[in Aq.: Amo.2:13; Sm.: Isa.38:14 *;]
1. prop., of sounds by animals, to cry, chirp, etc.
2. Of other sounds, e.g., trans., τ. ὀδόντας, to gnash or grind the teeth: Mrk.9:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5149 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gnasheth1
First verses
- 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τρίζω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.5, 7, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.55, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 504a19, +others)]; but perfect τέτριγα is more frequently in present sense, Epic dialect participle τετριγῶτες, for τετριγότες, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.314:)] —properly of sounds uttered by animals (compare τριγμός, τρύζω), utter a shrill cry, of young birds, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.314)]; of bats, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.7, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.110)]; of the Τρωγοδύται, τετρίγασι κατά περ αἱ νυκτερίδες [Refs ([prev. author] 4.183)]; of partridges, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 536b14)]; of the ἴυγξ,[Refs ([prev. work] 504a19)]; of locusts, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mir.” 844b26)]; of young swallows, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 21)]; of the elephant, [Refs ([prev. author] “Zeux.” 10)]; of mice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1132, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 108.23, etc.)]; of the fish called σελάχη, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 535b25)]: also applied to the noise made by ghosts, 'squeak and gibber', [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.101, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.5, 9)]; ἔτριζον δίκην ἀσπίδων (αἱ ψυχαί) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.44.)]
2 of other sounds, τετρίγει (Epic dialect pluperfect) δ᾽ ἄρα νῶτα θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν the wrestlers' backs creaked, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.714)]; so τρίζει, crepitates, of a broken collar-bone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de signis fracturarum - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 13; τέτριγε δ᾽ ὁ κυνόδων)]grinds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 21)]; τὸ τρίζειν ἀκουσίως involuntary gnashing, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.150; τ. τοὺς ὀδόντας NT.Mark.9.18; τοῖς ὀδοῦσι “Hippiatrica” 86)]; of a musical string, give a crack, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 6.54 (Paul. Sil.))]; of an axle, creak, ἄξων τετριγὼς ὑπ᾽ ἄμαξαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hecale” 1.4.14)]; so of a cart-wheel, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 52.2)]; of a shoe, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 37 (τρύζοι codices))]; ἡ κοιλίη τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.55)]; of singing in the ears, τὰ ὦτα τέτριγε [Refs ([prev. work] 15)]; of the hissing or crackling of a person burnt in the fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 120.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.5, 7, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.55, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 504a19, +others)]; but perfect τέτριγα is more frequently in present sense, Epic dialect participle τετριγῶτες, for τετριγότες, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.314:)] —properly of sounds uttered by animals (compare τριγμός, τρύζω), utter a shrill cry, of young birds, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.314)]; of bats, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.7, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.110)]; of the Τρωγοδύται, τετρίγασι κατά περ αἱ νυκτερίδες [Refs ([prev. author] 4.183)]; of partridges, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 536b14)]; of the ἴυγξ,[Refs ([prev. work] 504a19)]; of locusts, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mir.” 844b26)]; of young swallows, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 21)]; of the elephant, [Refs ([prev. author] “Zeux.” 10)]; of mice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1132, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 108.23, etc.)]; of the fish called σελάχη, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 535b25)]: also applied to the noise made by ghosts, 'squeak and gibber', [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.101, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.5, 9)]; ἔτριζον δίκην ἀσπίδων (αἱ ψυχαί) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.44.)]
2 of other sounds, τετρίγει (Epic dialect pluperfect) δ᾽ ἄρα νῶτα θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν the wrestlers' backs creaked, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.714)]; so τρίζει, crepitates, of a broken collar-bone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de signis fracturarum - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 13; τέτριγε δ᾽ ὁ κυνόδων)]grinds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 21)]; τὸ τρίζειν ἀκουσίως involuntary gnashing, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.150; τ. τοὺς ὀδόντας NT.Mark.9.18; τοῖς ὀδοῦσι “Hippiatrica” 86)]; of a musical string, give a crack, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 6.54 (Paul. Sil.))]; of an axle, creak, ἄξων τετριγὼς ὑπ᾽ ἄμαξαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hecale” 1.4.14)]; so of a cart-wheel, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 52.2)]; of a shoe, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 37 (τρύζοι codices))]; ἡ κοιλίη τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.55)]; of singing in the ears, τὰ ὦτα τέτριγε [Refs ([prev. work] 15)]; of the hissing or crackling of a person burnt in the fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 120.)]