Strong's Greek · G3145

μασσάομαι

massáomai

gnaw

Definition

to chew

Derivation

from a primary (to handle or squeeze);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Revelation 16:10

And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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