STRONGS G3145:
μασσάομαι (
R G) more correctly
μασάομαι (
L T Tr WH): imperfect 3 person plural
ἐμασῶντο; (
ΜΑΩ μάσσω, to knead);
to chew, consume, eat, devour (
κρέας,
Aristophanes,
Plutarch, 321;
τά δέρματα τῶν θυρεων,
Josephus,
b. j. 6, 3, 3;
ῤίζας ξύλων, the
Sept. Job 30:4, and other examples in other authors):
ἐμασῶντο τάς γλώσσας αὐτῶν, they gnawed their tongues (for pain),
Revelation 16:10.
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