What does μασσάομαι (massáomai) mean in the Bible?
μασσάομαι (massáomai) is a Greek word meaning "to chew".
Greek · G3145
μασσάομαι
To chew
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μασσάομαιG3145
Pronunciationmassáomai
What does μασσάομαι (massáomai) mean in the Bible?
μασσάομαι (massáomai) is a Greek word meaning "to chew".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3145?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [men] began to gnaw (1).
Where does μασσάομαι (massáomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 16:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (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[men] began to gnaw1×Revelation 16:10
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Usage map
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First aligned rowRevelation 16:10
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Revelation1
Source forms
ἐμασῶντο1xemasōntoRevelation 16:10
Parsing patterns
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural1xRevelation 16:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to chew
Source Gloss
to chew
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 16:10Verb Third Person Plural Imperfect Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
ἐμασσῶντοemasswnto
I bite, gnaw
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
imperfect1
Voice
middle1
Mood
indicative1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)