1. tooth — A hard bony structure in the jaw used for biting; in the NT primarily in the formulaic expression 'gnashing/grinding of teeth' (brygmos ton odonton) describing anguish or rage in eschatological judgment (Matt 8:12, 13:42,50, 22:13, 24:51, 25:30, Luke 13:28, Acts 7:54), and in the legal formula 'tooth for tooth' (Matt 5:38). Singular and plural forms carry the same core meaning. Multilingual evidence: spa diente/dientes, hin दांत/दांतों, arb سِنّ/أَسنَان, kor 이, swa jino/meno — all denoting the same anatomical feature. 12×
AR["أَسنانِ","أَسنَانِ","أَسْنَانَ","أَسْنَانَهُ","أَسْنَانُهَا","أَسْنَانِ","الأَسنانِ","الْأَسْنَانِ","سِنًّا","سِنِّ"]·ben["দাঁত","দাঁতগুলি","দাঁতের","দাঁতের;"]·DE["Zaehne","Zahn"]·EN["teeth","tooth"]·FR["dent","dents"]·heb["שִׁנֵּיהֶם","שִׁנַּיִם","שֵׁן"]·HI["दअन्तोन-क","दाँत","दाँत-की","दाँतों","दाँतों-का","दांत","दांतों","दांतों-का","दांतों-को"]·ID["gigi","gigi-gigi","giginya"]·IT["dente","odontes"]·jav["untu","untu-untunipun","untu.","untunipun"]·KO["이","이-를","이들","이들-을","이들-의","이빨들이","이의"]·PT["dente","dentes","dentes."]·RU["зуб","зубами","зубов","зубов.","зубы"]·ES["diente","dientes"]·SW["-meno","Wengi","jino","meno","meno."]·TR["-o","diş","dişleri","dişlerin","dişlerini"]·urd["دانت","دانت-کے","دانتوں","دانتوں-سے","دانتوں-کا"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὀδούς, όντος, ὁ, nominative ὀδούς LXX+4th c.BC+; Ionic dialect ὀδών Refs 5th c.BC+:—tooth, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἕρκος ὀδόντων, see at {ἕρκος}; πρίειν ὀδόντας, see at {πρίω}; ὀ. ὀξεῖς incisors, opposed to πλατεῖς, molars, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 metaphorically, γλυκὺς ὀ. ὁ τοῦ πόθου Refs 2nd c.AD+; ὁ τῆς λύπης ὀ. the tooth of grief, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __II anything pointed or sharp, tooth, prong, spike, etc.,…