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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: 1031. βρύχω (bruchó) -- To gnash</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1031.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/11-12.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/1031.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> > 1031</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/1030.htm" title="1030">◄</a> 1031. bruchó <a href="../greek/1032.htm" title="1032">►</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">bruchó: To gnash</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">βρυχό</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>bruchó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>broo-KHO<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(broo'-kho)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To gnash<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I grind or gnash, as with the teeth for rage or pain.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a primary root<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - H2786 (חָרַק, charaq): To gnash, grind (teeth)<p> - H7175 (קָשַׁשׁ, qashash): To gather, gnash (teeth)<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek verb "bruchó" primarily means "to gnash" and is often used in the context of expressing extreme anguish or anger. In the New Testament, it is typically associated with the gnashing of teeth, a vivid expression of suffering or intense emotional distress.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman culture, gnashing of teeth was a common expression of intense emotion, often linked to anger, pain, or despair. This physical manifestation was understood as a natural response to overwhelming circumstances, whether in life or in the afterlife. The imagery of gnashing teeth is used in Jewish apocalyptic literature to describe the fate of the wicked in the final judgment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to bite, to gnash<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>gnashing (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 1031: βρύχω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">βρύχω</span></span>: (imperfect <span class="greek2">ἔβρυχον</span>); <span class="accented">to grind, gnash,</span> with the teeth: <span class="greek2">ὀδόντας</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπί</span> <span class="greek2">τινα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-54.htm">Acts 7:54</a> (<a href="/interlinear/job/16-9.htm">Job 16:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/34-16.htm">Psalm 34:16</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 35:16>); <a href="/interlinear/psalms/36-12.htm">Psalm 36:12</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 37:12>) for <span class="hebrew">בִּשְׁנַּיִם</span> <span class="hebrew">חָרַק</span> and <span class="hebrew">שִׁנַּיִם</span> <span class="hebrew">חָרַק</span>; intransitive, without <span class="greek2">ὀδόντας</span> (quoted in <span class="abbreviation">Hermippus</span> (<DATE_RANGE:432 B.C.>)) <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Pericl. 33 at the end; (Hipp. (see Liddell and Scott))). Of the same origin as <span class="greek2">βρύκω</span> (cf. <span class="greek2">δέχω</span> and <span class="greek2">δέκω</span>), <span class="accented">to bite, chew</span>; see Hermann on <span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span> Philoct. 735;<span class="latin">Ellendt</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span>' Lexicon, under the word <span class="greek2">βρύκω</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>gnash. <p>A primary verb; to grate the teeth (in pain or rage) -- gnash. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>βρύξει έβρυξαν έβρυξεν εβρυχον έβρυχον ἔβρυχον ebruchon ebrychon ébrychon<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/acts/7-54.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 7:54</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-IIA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῶν καὶ <b>ἔβρυχον</b> τοὺς ὀδόντας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to the quick, <span class="itali">and they [began] gnashing</span> their teeth<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to the heart, and <span class="itali">they gnashed</span> on him<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7-54.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of them and <span class="itali">gnashed</span> the teeth<p><b><a href="/greek/1031.htm">Strong's Greek 1031</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1031.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ebruchon_1031.htm">ἔβρυχον — 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/1030.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1030"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1030" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1032.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1032"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1032" /></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>