1031. bruchó
Strong's Lexicon
bruchó: To gnash

Original Word: βρυχό
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: bruchó
Pronunciation: broo-KHO
Phonetic Spelling: (broo'-kho)
Definition: To gnash
Meaning: I grind or gnash, as with the teeth for rage or pain.

Word Origin: Derived from a primary root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H2786 (חָרַק, charaq): To gnash, grind (teeth)

- H7175 (קָשַׁשׁ, qashash): To gather, gnash (teeth)

Usage: The Greek verb "bruchó" primarily means "to gnash" and is often used in the context of expressing extreme anguish or anger. In the New Testament, it is typically associated with the gnashing of teeth, a vivid expression of suffering or intense emotional distress.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman culture, gnashing of teeth was a common expression of intense emotion, often linked to anger, pain, or despair. This physical manifestation was understood as a natural response to overwhelming circumstances, whether in life or in the afterlife. The imagery of gnashing teeth is used in Jewish apocalyptic literature to describe the fate of the wicked in the final judgment.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
to bite, to gnash
NASB Translation
gnashing (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1031: βρύχω

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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
gnash.

A primary verb; to grate the teeth (in pain or rage) -- gnash.

Forms and Transliterations
βρύξει έβρυξαν έβρυξεν εβρυχον έβρυχον ἔβρυχον ebruchon ebrychon ébrychon
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 7:54 V-IIA-3P
GRK: αὐτῶν καὶ ἔβρυχον τοὺς ὀδόντας
NAS: to the quick, and they [began] gnashing their teeth
KJV: to the heart, and they gnashed on him
INT: of them and gnashed the teeth

Strong's Greek 1031
1 Occurrence


ἔβρυχον — 1 Occ.

















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