KJV dictionary & concordance

gnaw

Meaning of “gnaw”

To bite off by little and little; to bite or scrape off with the fore teeth; to wear away by biting.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Zephaniah 3:3

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:3 · retained source text

Her princes within her are roaring lyons; her Iudges are euening wolues, they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

1611 marginal noteEzek.22.27. mic.3.11.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

To bite off by little and little; to bite or scrape off with the fore teeth; to wear away by biting.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 844