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teeth

Meaning of “teeth”

1. The hard structures in a person's or animal's jaws, chiefly used for biting and chewing. 2. Toothlike points or projections on a tool or instrument. 3. In ‘cast ... in his teeth,’ to reproach or taunt someone to his face.

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50 occurrences45 verses22 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:12

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Lamentations 2:16
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:16 · retained source text

All thine enemies haue opened their mouth against thee: they hisse and gnash the teeth: they say, We haue swallowed her vp: certainly this is the day that we looked for: we haue found, we haue seene it.

Lamentations 3:16
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 3:16 · retained source text

He hath also broken my teeth with grauell stones, hee hath couered me with ashes.

1611 marginal noteOr, rolled me in the ashes.

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