verb
daknamō
Strong’sG1143
I bite, backbite, harm seriously
stem dakn-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.
δάκνω
[in LXX for נשׁךְ, Ge 49:17, al., exc. De 8:15 (שׂרף);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1143 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddak'-no
to bite, i.e. (figuratively) thwart
Froma prolonged form of a primary root;
King Jamesbite.
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
Refs 6th c.BC+: future δήξομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect δέδηχα Refs 2nd c.AD+aorist 1 ἔδηξα late, Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist 2 (the only tense in Refs 8th c.BC+, Epic dialect δάκε Refs 8th c.BC+: Epic dialect infinitive δακέειν Refs 8th c.BC+: —passive, δάκνομαι Refs 6th c.BC+: future δηχθήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐδήχθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect δέδηγμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; Doric dialect δεδαγμένος Refs 5th c.BC+ codices:—bite, of dogs, δακέειν μὲν ἀπετρωπῶντο λεόντων Refs 8th c.BC+; of a gnat, ἰσχανάᾳ δακέειν Refs; στόμιον δ. champ the bit, Refs 4th c.BC+; χεῖλος ὀδοῦσι δακών, as a mark of stern determination, Tyrt.[same place]: absolutely, δακὼν ἀνάσχου Refs 4th c.BC+; δ. στόμα bite one's tongue, so as to refrain from speaking, πρὸ τῶν τοιούτων χρὴ λόγων δ. στόμα Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἑαυτόν to bite one's lips for fear of laughing, Refs 5th c.BC+; so (by a joke παρὰ προσδοκίαν) δ. θυμόν Refs 3rd c.BC+
II metaphorically of pungent smoke and dust, sting, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ὄμματα, of dry winds, Refs 5th c.BC+
III of the mind, bite, sting, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος Refs 8th c.BC+; λόφοι δὲ κώδωντ᾽ οὐ δάκνουσ᾽ ἄνευ δορός have no sting, Refs 5th c.BC+; of love, πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ τὸν φιλόπαιδα δάκνουσι Refs 5th c.BC+:—frequently in passive, δηχθεῖσα κέντροις.. ἠράσθη Refs 5th c.BC+ [prev. cited]; of vexation, δάκνομαι ψυχήν Refs 6th c.BC+; συμφορᾷ δεδαγμένοι Pi.[same place]; δέδηγμαι καρδίαν Refs 5th c.BC+; πρός τι, ἐπί τινι, at a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+: c.participle, ἐδήχθη ἀκούσας Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf.Sanskritdáśati 'bite', Gothic tahjan 'tear'.)
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| daknavōδάκνετε | happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural | bite | 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 | daknamō | dakname | daknami | daknama | daknamē | daknamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | daknasō | daknase | daknasi | daknasa | daknasē | daknaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | daknatō | daknate | daknati | daknata | daknatē | daknatelē |
| we 1st person plural | daknanō | daknane | daknani | daknana | daknanē | daknanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | daknavō1×δάκνετε | daknave | daknavi | daknava | daknavē | daknavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | daknalō | daknale | daknali | daknala | daknalē | daknalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | daknameiō | daknameia | daknameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | daknaseiō | daknaseia | daknaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | daknateiō | daknateia | daknateiē |
| we 1st person plural | daknaneiō | daknaneia | daknaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | daknaveiō | daknaveia | daknaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | daknaleiō | daknaleia | daknaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | daknasōr | daknasar | daknasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | daknatōr | daknatar | daknatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | daknavōr | daknavar | daknavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | daknalōr | daknalar | daknalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | daknamoiō | daknamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | daknasoiō | daknasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | daknatoiō | daknatoia |
| we 1st person plural | daknanoiō | daknanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | daknavoiō | daknavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | daknaloiō | daknaloia |
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 | daknarō | daknari | daknara | daknarē |
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 | daknarōntos | daknarintos | daknarantos | daknarēntos |
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
dakn 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
daknavō“bite”happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural1×
Galatians 5:15“bite”ei de allēloin daknavō kai katesthiavō, blepavōr mē hupo allēloiu …But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.