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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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Song of Solomon 6:6
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
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1611 witness · Song of Solomon 6:6 · retained source text

Thy teeth are as a flocke of sheepe which goe vp from the washing, wherof euery one beareth twinnes, and there is not one barren among them.

Isaiah 41:15
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:15 · retained source text

Behold, I will make thee a new sharpe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and beate them small, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mouthes.

Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:29 · retained source text

In those dayes they shall say no more, The fathers haue eaten a sowre grape, and the childrens teeth are set on edge.

1611 marginal noteEze.18.2.

Jeremiah 31:30
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:30 · retained source text

But euery one shall die for his owne iniquitie, euery man that eateth the sowre grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

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
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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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:2 · retained source text

What meane ye that yee vse this prouerbe concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes, and the childrens teeth are set on edge?

1611 marginal noteIee.31 29.

Daniel 7:5
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 7:5 · retained source text

And behold, another beast, a second, like to a Beare, and it raised vp it selfe on one side, and it had three ribbes in the mouth of it betweene the teeth of it, and they said thus vnto it, Arise, deuoure much flesh.

1611 marginal noteOr, it raised vp one dominion.

Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 7:7 · retained source text

After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadfull and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great yron teeth: it deuoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feete of it, and it was diuers from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten hornes.

Daniel 7:19
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 7:19 · retained source text

Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diuerse from al the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of yron, and his nailes of brasse, which deuoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feete,

1611 marginal noteCald. from all those.

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