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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3599. ὀδούς (odous) -- Tooth</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3599.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/7-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3599.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3599</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3598.htm" title="3598">◄</a> 3599. odous <a href="../greek/3600.htm" title="3600">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">odous: Tooth</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ὀδούς</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>odous<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>o-doos'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(od-ooce)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Tooth<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a tooth.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the base of the Greek word ὀδύνω (odynō), meaning "to cause pain" or "to grieve."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - H8127 שֵׁן (shen) - tooth<p> - H2782 חָרַק (charak) - to gnash, grind<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek word "ὀδούς" (odous) primarily refers to a tooth or teeth. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe intense anguish or suffering, as seen in the phrase "weeping and gnashing of teeth," which signifies extreme remorse or despair.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Jewish culture, teeth were often associated with strength and vitality. The loss of teeth could symbolize weakness or defeat. The metaphorical use of "gnashing of teeth" in the New Testament reflects a common expression of anger or frustration in the ancient world. This imagery is used to convey the severity of judgment and the profound regret of those who are separated from God's presence.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3599</b> <i>odoús</i> – tooth. <a href="/greek/3599.htm">3599</a> <i>/odoús</i> ("tooth, teeth") is also used metaphorically: a) of the particular level of compensation or recompense needed in a situation (Mt 5:38); and, b) for how the unredeemed in Gehenna express their indescribable <i>agony</i>, i.e. by "the gnashing of <i>teeth</i>" (Mt 13:42,50,22:13, 24:51, 25:30).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a tooth<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>teeth (10), tooth (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3599: ὀδούς</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὀδούς</span></span> (according to <span class="abbreviation">Etym. Magn.</span> 615, 21 (<span class="abbreviation">Pollux</span> 6, 38) from <span class="greek2">ἔδω</span>, Latin<span class="latin">edere</span>, etc., cf. <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 289; others from the root, da, to divide, cf. <span class="greek2">δαίω</span>, <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">δάκνω</span></span>; (Latin<span class="latin">dens</span>); <span class="abbreviation">Fick</span> i., p. 100), <span class="greek2">ὀδόντος</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">שֵׁן</span>; <span class="accented">a tooth</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-38.htm">Matthew 5:38</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-18.htm">Mark 9:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-54.htm">Acts 7:54</a>; plural <a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-8.htm">Revelation 9:8</a>; <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">βρυγμός</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ὀδόντων</span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">βρυγμός</span></span>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>tooth. <p>Perhaps from the base of <a href="/greek/2068.htm">esthio</a>; a "tooth" -- tooth. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2068.htm">esthio</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>οδοντα οδόντα ὀδόντα οδοντας οδόντας ὀδόντας οδοντες οδόντες ὀδόντες οδοντος οδόντος ὀδόντος οδοντων οδόντων ὀδόντων οδούσι οδούσιν odonta odónta odontas odóntas odontes odóntes odonton odontōn odónton odóntōn odontos odóntos<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/5-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὀφθαλμοῦ καὶ <b>ὀδόντα</b> ἀντὶ ὀδόντος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> FOR AN EYE, <span class="itali">AND A TOOTH</span> FOR A TOOTH.'<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> an eye, and <span class="itali">a tooth</span> for a tooth:<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> eye and <span class="itali">tooth</span> for tooth<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/5-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὀδόντα ἀντὶ <b>ὀδόντος</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH <span class="itali">FOR A TOOTH.'</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a tooth for <span class="itali">a tooth:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> tooth for <span class="itali">tooth</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βρυγμὸς τῶν <b>ὀδόντων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gnashing of the <span class="itali">teeth</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βρυγμὸς τῶν <b>ὀδόντων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gnashing of <span class="itali">teeth</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-50.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:50</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βρυγμὸς τῶν <b>ὀδόντων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will be weeping and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-50.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gnashing of the <span class="itali">teeth</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/22-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 22:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βρυγμὸς τῶν <b>ὀδόντων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.'</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/22-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gnashing of the <span class="itali">teeth</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/24-51.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 24:51</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βρυγμὸς τῶν <b>ὀδόντων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will be weeping and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-51.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gnashing of <span class="itali">teeth</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/25-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 25:30</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/25.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βρυγμὸς τῶν <b>ὀδόντων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will be weeping and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gnashing of the <span class="itali">teeth</span><p><b><a href="/text/mark/9-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 9:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τρίζει τοὺς <b>ὀδόντας</b> καὶ ξηραίνεται</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [at the mouth], and grinds <span class="itali">his teeth</span> and stiffens<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with his <span class="itali">teeth,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gnashes <span class="itali">his teeth</span> and is withering away<p><b><a href="/text/luke/13-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 13:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βρυγμὸς τῶν <b>ὀδόντων</b> ὅταν ὄψησθε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth</span> when<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> gnashing <span class="itali">of teeth,</span> when<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gnashing of the <span class="itali">teeth</span> when you see<p><b><a href="/text/acts/7-54.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 7:54</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔβρυχον τοὺς <b>ὀδόντας</b> ἐπ' αὐτόν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and they [began] gnashing <span class="itali">their teeth</span> at him.<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> on him <span class="itali">with [their] teeth.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7-54.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gnashed the <span class="itali">teeth</span> at him<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/9-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 9:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ οἱ <b>ὀδόντες</b> αὐτῶν ὡς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of women, <span class="itali">and their teeth</span> were like<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and their <span class="itali">teeth</span> were as<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">teeth</span> of them as<p><b><a href="/greek/3599.htm">Strong's Greek 3599</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3599.htm">12 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/odonta_3599.htm">ὀδόντα — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/odontas_3599.htm">ὀδόντας — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/odontes_3599.htm">ὀδόντες — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/odonto_n_3599.htm">ὀδόντων — 7 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/odontos_3599.htm">ὀδόντος — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3598.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3598"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3598" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3600.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3600"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3600" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>