What does βρυγμός (brygmós) mean in the Bible?
βρυγμός (brygmós): Teeth grinding expressing anguish and rage, typically depicting judgment or exclusion in eschatological contexts.
Greek · G1030
βρυγμός
A grating (of the teeth)
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βρυγμός G1030
Pronunciation brygmós
What does βρυγμός (brygmós) mean in the Bible?
βρυγμός (brygmós): Teeth grinding expressing anguish and rage, typically depicting judgment or exclusion in eschatological contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1030?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include gnashing (7).
Where does βρυγμός (brygmós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (6), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It gnashing 7× Matthew 8:12, Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Matthew 22:13
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Matthew 8:12 βρυγμὸς to gnashing Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 13:42 βρυγμὸς to gnashing Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 13:50 βρυγμὸς to gnashing Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 22:13 βρυγμὸς to gnashing Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 24:51 βρυγμὸς to gnashing Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 25:30 βρυγμὸς to gnashing Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 13:28 βρυγμὸς to gnashing Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:12
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 2
Matthew 6 Luke 1
Source forms
βρυγμὸς 7x brygmos Matthew 8:12, Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Matthew 22:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 7x Matthew 8:12, Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Matthew 22:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Teeth grinding expressing anguish and rage, typically depicting judgment or exclusion in eschatological contexts.
Strong's G1030
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 1 form 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 13:28 Source Gloss
a grating (of the teeth)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Teeth grinding expressing anguish and rage, typically depicting judgment or exclusion in eschatological contexts.
(βρύχω), [in LXX: Pro.19:12 (נַהַם), Sir.51:3 * ;] a biting, a gnashing of teeth: Mat.8:12 13:42, 50 22:13 24:51 25:30, Luk.13:28.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:12 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βρυγμὸς brugmov
a grinding or gnashing
Read verse Matthew 13:42 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βρυγμὸς brugmov
a grinding or gnashing
Read verse Matthew 13:50 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βρυγμὸς brugmov
a grinding or gnashing
Read verse Matthew 22:13 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βρυγμὸς brugmov
a grinding or gnashing
Read verse Matthew 24:51 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βρυγμὸς brugmov
a grinding or gnashing
Read verse Matthew 25:30 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βρυγμὸς brugmov
a grinding or gnashing
Read verse Luke 13:28 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βρυγμὸς brugmov
a grinding or gnashing
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Nominative (7) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:12 · Matt 13:42 · Matt 13:50 · Matt 22:13 · Matt 24:51 · Matt 25:30 · Luke 13:28 7×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Anguished response to exclusion from kingdom of God, weeping and gnashing of teeth
Showing 1 selected witness from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
βρυγμός is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain