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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: 1143. δάκνω (daknó) -- To bite</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1143.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/2_corinthians/9-10.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/1143.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> > 1143</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/1142.htm" title="1142">◄</a> 1143. daknó <a href="../greek/1144.htm" title="1144">►</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">daknó: To bite</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">δάκνω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>daknó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>DAHK-no<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(dak'-no)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To bite<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I bite; hence: I backbite, harm seriously.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primary verb<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "δάκνω," the concept of harmful speech or actions can be related to Hebrew words like "נָשַׁךְ" (nashak), which also means "to bite" and is used metaphorically in the Old Testament.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek verb "δάκνω" (daknó) primarily means "to bite." It is used metaphorically in the New Testament to describe harmful or destructive behavior, particularly in the context of interpersonal relationships within the Christian community.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Greco-Roman world, biting was often associated with wild animals and was used metaphorically to describe aggressive or harmful human behavior. The metaphor of biting would have been understood by early Christians as a vivid illustration of destructive actions that can harm the unity and love within the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from a prim. root dak-<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to bite<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bite (1).<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 1143: δάκνω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">δάκνω</span></span>; <span class="accented">to bite</span>; <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> properly, with the teeth. <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> metaphorically, <span class="accented">to wound the soul, cut, lacerate, rend with reproaches</span>: <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-15.htm">Galatians 5:15</a>. So even in <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, Iliad 5, 493 <span class="greek2">μῦθος</span> <span class="greek2">δακε</span> <span class="greek2">φρενας</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Menander</span> quoted in <span class="abbreviation">Athen.</span> 12, 77, p. 552 e., and times without number in other authors.<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>bite. <p>A prolonged form of a primary root; to bite, i.e. (figuratively) thwart -- bite. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>δάκη δακνετε δάκνετε δάκνοντας δάκνοντες δάκνων δεδηγμένος δήξεται δήξονται έδακνεν έδακνον daknete dáknete<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/galatians/5-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 5:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural">V-PIA-2P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δὲ ἀλλήλους <b>δάκνετε</b> καὶ κατεσθίετε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But if <span class="itali">you bite</span> and devour one<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> But if <span class="itali">ye bite</span> and devour<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> moreover one another <span class="itali">you bite</span> and devour<p><b><a href="/greek/1143.htm">Strong's Greek 1143</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1143.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/daknete_1143.htm">δάκνετε — 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/1142.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1142"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1142" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1144.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1144"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1144" /></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>