STRONGS G1030:
βρυγμός,
-οῦ,
ὁ, (
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 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.)
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