Strong's Concordance daknó: to bite Original Word: δάκνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: daknó Phonetic Spelling: (dak'-no) Short Definition: I bite, backbite, harm seriously Definition: I bite; hence: I backbite, harm seriously. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1143: δάκνωδάκνω; to bite; a. properly, with the teeth. b. metaphorically, to wound the soul, cut, lacerate, rend with reproaches: Galatians 5:15. So even in Homer, Iliad 5, 493 μῦθος δακε φρενας, Menander quoted in Athen. 12, 77, p. 552 e., and times without number in other authors. A prolonged form of a primary root; to bite, i.e. (figuratively) thwart -- bite. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 11431 Occurrence δάκνετε — 1 Occ. Galatians 5:15 V-PIA-2P GRK: δὲ ἀλλήλους δάκνετε καὶ κατεσθίετε NAS: But if you bite and devour one KJV: But if ye bite and devour INT: moreover one another you bite and devour |