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Tooth

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8127

שֵׁן

shen — tooth

: tooth 1) tooth, ivory 1a) tooth 1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast 1b) tooth, tine (of fork) 1c) ivory 1c1) as material 1c2) of commerce 1d) sharp pointed rock

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GREEK · G3599

ὀδούς

odous — tooth

ὀδούς, -όντος, ὁ [in LXX for שֵׁן ;] a tooth: Mat.5:38, Mrk.9:18, Act.7:54; pl., Rev.9:8, ὁ βρυγμὸς (which see) τ. ὀδόντων, Mat.8:12 13:42, 50 22:13 24:51 25:30, Luk.13:28.† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6366

פֵּיָה

pe.yah — two-edged

edge (of a sword) Also means: pi.phiy.yah (פִּיפִיָּה "tooth" H6374)

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GREEK · G8358

μύλη

mulē — a molar tooth

1. Lat. mola, a mill, a handmill turned by women, (Odyssey by Homer) 2. the nether millstone , (Aristophanes Comicus); the upper being ὄνος, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

One of the particulars regarding which retaliatory punishment was to be inflicted (Ex. 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21). “Gnashing of teeth” =rage, despair (Matt. 8:12; Acts 7:54); “cleanness of teeth” =famine (Amos 4:6); “children’s teeth set on edge” =children suffering for the sins of their fathers (Ezek. 18:2).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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