King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1143
Transliteration: daknō
Phonetic Spelling: (dak'-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bite
Meaning: to bite
δάκνω; to bite;
Word Summary
daknō: to bite
Original Word: δάκνωTransliteration: daknō
Phonetic Spelling: (dak'-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bite
Meaning: to bite
Strong's Concordance
bite. A prolonged form of a primary root; to bite, i.e. (figuratively) thwart -- bite.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1143: δάκνωδάκνω; to bite;
a. properly, with the teeth.
b. metaphorically, to wound the soul, cut, lacerate, rend with reproaches: Galatians 5:15. So even in Homer, Iliad 5, 493 μῦθος δακε φρενας, Menander quoted in Athen. 12, 77, p. 552 e., and times without number in other authors.