verb

Greekβρύχω (bruchō)

Biblang

bruchamō

Strong’sG1031

I grind or gnash

stem bruch-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

βρύχω (Attic, βρύκω),

[in LXX: Jb 16:10(9), Ps 34 (35):16 36 (37):12 111 (112):10, La 2:16 (חרק)*;]

1. to bite or eat greedily.

2. to gnash, grind, with the teeth: Ac 7:54.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1031 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbroo'-kho

to grate the teeth (in pain or rage)

Froma primary verb;

King Jamesgnash.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

βρύκω
or βρύχω [ῡ] (the former Attic dialect accusative to Refs 2nd c.AD+; the distinction βρύκω bite, βρύχω gnash does not hold good), mostly present: future βρύξω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἔβρυξα Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist 2 ἔβρῠχε Refs, see at {βρυχάομαι}: —passive, see below:—eat greedily, gobble, γνάθος ἱππείη βρύκει champs the bit, Refs 8th c.BC+; bite, βρύκουσ᾽ ἀπέδεσθαι.. τοὺς δακτύλους biting, Refs; of smoke, ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ Refs; later, simply, devour, consume, Refs 2nd c.BC+; βρύξας, of the sea, is perhaps falsa lectio for{βρόξας} in Refs 1st c.BC+: metaphorically, tear in pieces, devour, of a gnawing disease, βρύκει Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ἀπόλωλα, τέκνον, βρύκομαι Refs 5th c.BC+
II gnash or grind the teeth, τοὺς ὀδόντας βρύχει NT+5th c.BC+; also βρύχει alone, Refs 5th c.BC+; also intransitive, οἱ ὀδόντες βρύχουσιRefs 2nd c.BC+:—middle, βρύχονται Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

gnashed1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
bruchaleἔβρυχον	was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural	gnashed	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	bruchamō	bruchame	bruchami	bruchama	bruchamē	bruchamelē
you 2nd person singular	bruchasō	bruchase	bruchasi	bruchasa	bruchasē	bruchaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	bruchatō	bruchate	bruchati	bruchata	bruchatē	bruchatelē
we 1st person plural	bruchanō	bruchane	bruchani	bruchana	bruchanē	bruchanelē
ye 2nd person plural	bruchavō	bruchave	bruchavi	bruchava	bruchavē	bruchavelē
they 3rd person plural	bruchalō	bruchale1×ἔβρυχον	bruchali	bruchala	bruchalē	bruchalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	bruchameiō	bruchameia	bruchameiē
you 2nd person singular	bruchaseiō	bruchaseia	bruchaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	bruchateiō	bruchateia	bruchateiē
we 1st person plural	bruchaneiō	bruchaneia	bruchaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	bruchaveiō	bruchaveia	bruchaveiē
they 3rd person plural	bruchaleiō	bruchaleia	bruchaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	bruchasōr	bruchasar	bruchasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	bruchatōr	bruchatar	bruchatēr
ye 2nd person plural	bruchavōr	bruchavar	bruchavēr
they 3rd person plural	bruchalōr	bruchalar	bruchalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	bruchamoiō	bruchamoia
you 2nd person singular	bruchasoiō	bruchasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	bruchatoiō	bruchatoia
we 1st person plural	bruchanoiō	bruchanoia
ye 2nd person plural	bruchavoiō	bruchavoia
they 3rd person plural	bruchaloiō	bruchaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	brucharō	bruchari	bruchara	brucharē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	brucharōntos	brucharintos	brucharantos	brucharēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

bruchstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

bruch is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

bruchale“gnashed”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×

Acts 7:54… houteim diapriole tai kardiai autoiu kai bruchale toin odontoin epi auton.… the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.