1030. brugmos
Strong's Lexicon
brugmos: Gnashing

Original Word: βρυγμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: brugmos
Pronunciation: broog-MOS
Phonetic Spelling: (broog-mos')
Definition: Gnashing
Meaning: a grinding or gnashing.

Word Origin: Derived from the verb βρύχω (brucho), meaning "to gnash" or "to grind."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of gnashing teeth is חָרַק (charak), which appears in contexts like Psalm 112:10, where the wicked gnash their teeth in anger.

Usage: The term "brugmos" is used in the New Testament to describe the gnashing or grinding of teeth. It is often associated with intense anguish, despair, or anger. In the context of biblical passages, it typically conveys a response to judgment or extreme distress.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures, the gnashing of teeth was a physical expression of extreme emotional pain or anger. It was a common metaphor for suffering and was used in apocalyptic literature to depict the torment of the wicked. The imagery of gnashing teeth would have been a vivid and powerful symbol for the original audience, conveying the severity of divine judgment.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from bruchó
Definition
a biting, a gnashing of teeth
NASB Translation
gnashing (7).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1030: βρυγμός

βρυγμός, βρυγμου, (βρύχω, which see), a gnashing of teeth: with τῶν ὀδόντων added, a phrase denoting the extreme anguish and utter despair of men consigned to eternal condemnation, Matthew 8:12; Matthew 13:42, 50; Matthew 22:13; Matthew 24:51; Matthew 25:30; Luke 13:28. (In Sir. 51:3 βρυγμός is attributed to beasts, which gnash the teeth as they attack their prey; in Proverbs 19:12 the Sept. for נַהַם snarling, growling; in the sense of biting, Nic. th. 716, to be derived from βρύκω to bite; cf. Fritzsche on Sirach, as above, p. 308.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
gnashing.

From brucho; a grating (of the teeth) -- gnashing.

see GREEK brucho

Forms and Transliterations
βρυγμος βρυγμός βρυγμὸς βρυγμώ βρυχήματα brugmos brygmos brygmòs
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 8:12 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων
NAS: will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
KJV: weeping and gnashing of teeth.
INT: and the gnashing of the teeth

Matthew 13:42 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων
NAS: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
KJV: wailing and gnashing of teeth.
INT: and the gnashing of teeth

Matthew 13:50 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων
NAS: will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
KJV: wailing and gnashing of teeth.
INT: and the gnashing of the teeth

Matthew 22:13 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων
NAS: will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
KJV: weeping and gnashing of teeth.
INT: and the gnashing of the teeth

Matthew 24:51 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων
NAS: will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
KJV: weeping and gnashing of teeth.
INT: and the gnashing of teeth

Matthew 25:30 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων
NAS: will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
KJV: weeping and gnashing of teeth.
INT: and the gnashing of the teeth

Luke 13:28 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων
NAS: will be weeping and gnashing of teeth
KJV: weeping and gnashing of teeth, when
INT: and the gnashing of the teeth

Strong's Greek 1030
7 Occurrences


βρυγμὸς — 7 Occ.

















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