What does κλαυθμός · βρυγμός · ὀδούς mean in the Bible?
κλαυθμός · βρυγμός · ὀδούς is a Greek phrase meaning "weeping and gnashing of teeth".
Greek · G2805, G1030, G3599
κλαυθμὸς καὶ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων
Lamentation · a grating (of the teeth) · a "tooth"
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κλαυθμός G2805 lamentation
Pronunciation klauthmós
Weeping paired with wailing; bitter grief expressing anguish or remorse, often eschatological.
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βρυγμός G1030 a grating (of the teeth)
Pronunciation brygmós
Teeth grinding expressing anguish and rage, typically depicting judgment or exclusion in eschatological contexts.
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ὀδούς G3599 a "tooth"
Pronunciation odoús
Literal tooth; metaphorically, gnashing of teeth signals anguish and judgment in eschatological contexts.
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What does κλαυθμὸς καὶ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων (klauthmos kai brygmos tōn odontōn) mean in the Bible?
κλαυθμός · βρυγμός · ὀδούς is a Greek phrase meaning "weeping and gnashing of teeth".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2805, G1030, G3599?
G2805, G1030, G3599 is connected to 9 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. weeping and gnashing of teeth
Source Gloss
weeping and gnashing of teeth
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 9 Case pattern Nominative (9) Number pattern Singular (9)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:18 · Matt 8:12 · Matt 13:42 · Matt 13:50 · Matt 22:13 · Matt 24:51 · Matt 25:30 · Luke 13:28 · Acts 20:37 9×
Word Origins
κλαυθμὸς καὶ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων is built from this root:
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