Dictionary of Bible Themes Scripture often uses teeth symbolically, to refer to the power of individuals or to human rage (as in the "gnashing of teeth"). Numbers 11:33Teeth in a literal sense See also In eating Daniel 7:5,7,19Zechariah 9:7 Revelation 9:8 Songs 4:2 See also As an object of beauty Genesis 49:12Songs 6:6 Job 41:14 See also As an object of fear Deuteronomy 32:24Job 20:16 Joel 1:6 Psalms 57:4 Teeth used symbolically Proverbs 30:14To represent offensive weapons Isaiah 41:15See also To symbolise military power Joel 1:6Amos 1:3 Habakkuk 3:12 Psalms 124:6 See also God rescues his people from the teeth of their enemies Job 4:10Daniel 6:20-21 Psalms 3:7 See also Breaking the teeth of the wicked ends their power Job 29:17Psalms 58:6 Enemies are often described as dangerous animals. Acts 7:54Gnashing of teeth See also In rage Job 16:9Psalms 35:16; 37:12 Psalms 112:10 In frustration Matthew 8:12; 13:42,50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30Luke 13:28 In anguish Lamentations 2:16In gloating Mark 9:18Under demonic influence Job 19:20Proverbial sayings about teeth Proverbs 10:26Jeremiah 31:29-30 Ezekiel 18:2 See also 4040 beauty4510 sowing & reaping 4524 threshing-floor 5133 blindness 5481 proverb 5789 anger |
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