Lexical Summary massaomai: to chew Original Word: μασσάομαιTransliteration: massaomai Phonetic Spelling: (mas-sah'-om-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to chew Meaning: to chew Strong's Concordance gnaw. From a primary masso (to handle or squeeze); to chew -- gnaw. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3145: μασσάομαιμασσάομαι (R G) more correctly μασάομαι (L T Tr WH): imperfect 3 person plural ἐμασῶντο; (ΜΑΩ μάσσω, to knead); to chew, consume, eat, devour (κρέας, Aristophanes, Plutarch, 321; τά δέρματα τῶν θυρεων, Josephus, b. j. 6, 3, 3; ῤίζας ξύλων, the Sept. Job 30:4, and other examples in other authors): ἐμασῶντο τάς γλώσσας αὐτῶν, they gnawed their tongues (for pain), Revelation 16:10. |
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