verb

Greekτρίζω (trizō)

Biblang

trizamō

Strong’sG5149

I grate, gnash

stem triz-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.

** τρίζω

[in Aq.: Am 2:13; Sm.: Is 38:14 *;]

1. prop., of sounds by animals, to cry, chirp, etc.

2. Of other sounds, e.g., trans., τ. ὀδόντας, to gnash or grind the teeth: Mk 9:18.†

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

Strong’s G5149 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtrid'-zo

to creak (squeak), i.e. (by analogy) to grate the teeth (in frenzy)

Fromapparently a 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

τρίζω,
Refs 8th c.BC+; but perfect τέτριγα is more frequently in present sense, Epic dialect participle τετριγῶτες, for τετριγότες, Refs 8th c.BC+ —properly of sounds uttered by animals (compare τριγμός, τρύζω), utter a shrill cry, of young birds, Refs 8th c.BC+; of bats, Refs 8th c.BC+; of the Τρωγοδύται, τετρίγασι κατά περ αἱ νυκτερίδες Refs; of partridges, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the ἴυγξ,Refs; of locusts, Refs; of young swallows, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of the elephant, Refs; of mice, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the fish called σελάχη, Refs 4th c.BC+: also applied to the noise made by ghosts, 'squeak and gibber', Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔτριζον δίκην ἀσπίδων (αἱ ψυχαί) Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 of other sounds, τετρίγει (Epic dialect pluperfect) δ᾽ ἄρα νῶτα θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν the wrestlers' backs creaked, Refs 8th c.BC+; so τρίζει, crepitates, of a broken collar-bone, Refs 2nd c.AD+grinds, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ τρίζειν ἀκουσίως involuntary gnashing, NT+2nd c.AD+; of a musical string, give a crack, Refs; of an axle, creak, ἄξων τετριγὼς ὑπ᾽ ἄμαξαν Refs 3rd c.BC+; so of a cart-wheel, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of a shoe, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἡ κοιλίη τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of singing in the ears, τὰ ὦτα τέτριγε Refs; of the hissing or crackling of a person burnt in the fire, 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.

grinds1×

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
trizatōτρίζει	happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular	grinds	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	trizamō	trizame	trizami	trizama	trizamē	trizamelē
you 2nd person singular	trizasō	trizase	trizasi	trizasa	trizasē	trizaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	trizatō1×τρίζει	trizate	trizati	trizata	trizatē	trizatelē
we 1st person plural	trizanō	trizane	trizani	trizana	trizanē	trizanelē
ye 2nd person plural	trizavō	trizave	trizavi	trizava	trizavē	trizavelē
they 3rd person plural	trizalō	trizale	trizali	trizala	trizalē	trizalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	trizameiō	trizameia	trizameiē
you 2nd person singular	trizaseiō	trizaseia	trizaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	trizateiō	trizateia	trizateiē
we 1st person plural	trizaneiō	trizaneia	trizaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	trizaveiō	trizaveia	trizaveiē
they 3rd person plural	trizaleiō	trizaleia	trizaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	trizasōr	trizasar	trizasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	trizatōr	trizatar	trizatēr
ye 2nd person plural	trizavōr	trizavar	trizavēr
they 3rd person plural	trizalōr	trizalar	trizalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	trizamoiō	trizamoia
you 2nd person singular	trizasoiō	trizasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	trizatoiō	trizatoia
we 1st person plural	trizanoiō	trizanoia
ye 2nd person plural	trizavoiō	trizavoia
they 3rd person plural	trizaloiō	trizaloia

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	trizarō	trizari	trizara	trizarē

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	trizarōntos	trizarintos	trizarantos	trizarēntos

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

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

triz 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

trizatō“grinds”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Mark 9:18“grinds”… katalabateia rēgatō auton, kai afrizatō kai trizatō toin odontoin kai xēranotō; kai legama …Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples …