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Strong's #1031 - βρύχω
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- to grind, gnash with the teeth
- to bite, to chew
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βρυχός, = βρύκος, Hsch. βρύχω, v. βρύκω; but βρυχομαι, v. βρυχάομαι.
βρύκω or βρύχω [ῡ]
(the former Att. acc. to Moer. and Ammon.; the distn. βρύκω bite, βρύχω gnash does not hold good), mostly pres.: fut. βρύξω Hp. Mul. 1.2, Lyc. 678: aor. ἔβρυξα Hp. Epid. 5.8, Nic. Th. 207, al., AP 7.624 (Diod.), (ἐπ-) Archipp. 35: aor. 2 ἔβρῠχε AP 9.252 (late, perh. impf.): for βέβρῡχα, v. βρυχάομαι: — Pass., v. infr.: —
I eat greedily, gobble, γνάθος ἱππείη βρύκει champs the bit, Hom. Epigr. 14.13; ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ [κρέα].. βρύκειν E. Cyc. 358, cf. 372; πρὸς ταῦτα βρύκετ' Ar. Pax 1315; bite, βρύκουσ' ἀπέδεσθαι.. τοὺς δακτύλους biting, Id. Av. 26; of smoke, ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ Id. Lys. 301; later, simply, devour, consume, Nic. Al. 489, al.; βρύξας, of the sea, is perh. f.l. for βρόξας in AP 7.624 (Diod.): metaph., tear in pieces, devour, of a gnawing disease, βρύκει S. Tr. 987 (lyr.); βρύκει γὰρ ἅπαν τὸ παρόν Cratin. 58; τὰ πατρῷα βρύκει Diph. 43.27: — Pass., ἀπόλωλα, τέκνον, βρύκομαι S. Ph. 745; βρυχθεὶς ἁλί AP 9.267 (Phil.).
II gnash or grind the teeth, τοὺς ὀδόντας βρύχει Hp. Mul. 1.7, etc., cf. AP 15.51 (Arch.); τὸ στόμα β. Babr. 95.45; β. τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα Acts 7:54; also βρύχει alone, Hp. Mul. 2.120; also intr., οἱ ὀδόντες βρύχουσι ib. 1.36; βρῦκον στόμα Nic. Al. 226, cf. Th. 207, al.: — Med., βρύχονται Hp. Morb.Sacr. 1 (prob.)
βρύχω: (imperfect ἔβρυχον); to grind, gnash, with the teeth: ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα, Acts 7:54 (Job 16:9; Psalm 34:16
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βρύχω
(Attic, βρύκω ),
[in LXX: Job 16:9, Psalms 35:16; Psalms 37:12; Psalms 112:10, Lamentations 2:16 (H2786) *;]
1. to bite or eat greedily.
2. to gnash, grind, with the teeth: Acts 7:54.†
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