Strong's Hebrew · H2786

חָרַק

châraq · khaw-rak'

gnash.

Definition

to grate the teeth

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Psalms 37:12

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

Job 16:9

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

Psalms 35:16

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Psalms 112:10

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

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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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