G1143
δάκνω
to bite
δάκνω [in LXX for נשׁךְ, Gen.49:17, al., exc. Deu.8:15 (שׂרף) ;] to bite: metaphorically, Gal.5:15.† (AS)
The KJV translates G1143 in the following manner:
bite (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
δάκνω — dáknō
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.
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