Quick Definition
I bite, backbite, harm seriously
Strong's Definition
to bite, i.e. (figuratively) thwart
Derivation: a prolonged form of a primary root;
KJV Usage: bite
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δάκνω; to bite;
a. properly, with the teeth.
b. metaphorically, to wound the soul, cut, lacerate, rend with reproaches: Gal_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.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δάκνω daknō 1x
to bite, sting; met. to molest, vex, injure, Gal_5:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δάκνω ,
[in LXX for H5391 , Gen_49:17 , al. , exc . Deu_8:15 ( H8313 );]
to bite: metaph ., Gal_5:15†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δάκνω [page 135]
δάκνω survives in MGr δαγκάνω , also δάκνω , with noun δάγκαμα a bite, which puts it among words which have not changed in 3000 years. But we cannot quote from Κοινή documents. Vettius Valens p. 127 .29 has the noun, θηρίων δακετῶν αἰτίαις .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δάκνω [Etym: Root ΔΑΚ] "to bite", of dogs, Il. ; στόμιον δ. "to champ" the bit, Aesch. ; χεῖλος ὀδοῦσι δακών, as a mark of determination, Tyrtae. ; δ. ἑαυτόν "to bite" one's lips for fear of laughing, Ar. metaph. of pungent smoke and dust, "to sting or prick" the eyes, Ar. of the mind, "to bite or sting", δάκε φρένας μῦθος Il. ; ἔδακε ἡ λύπη Hdt. ; so in Trag. : —Pass., of love, δηχθεῖσα Eur. ; καρδίαν δέδηγμαι "I was stung, vexed" at heart, Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δάκνω
[in LXX for נשׁךְ, Gen.49:17, al., exc. Deu.8:15 (שׂרף) ;]
to bite: metaphorically, Gal.5:15.†
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