Lexicon :: Strong's G3599 - odous

“His eyes are darker than wine,

and his teeth are whiter than milk.

“eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

“If he knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his tooth.

“fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Whatever injury he inflicted on the person, the same is to be inflicted on him.

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the LORD’s anger burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a very severe plague.

“Do not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

“They will be weak from hunger,

ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;

I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs,

as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.

The price was two-thirds of a shekel[fn] for plows and mattocks, and one-third of a shekel for pitchforks and axes, and for putting a point on a cattle prod.

The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

for the king’s ships kept going to Tarshish with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]

I will put[fn] myself at risk[fn]

and take my life in my own hands.

His anger tears at me, and he harasses me.

He gnashes his teeth at me.

My enemy pierces me with his eyes.

My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;

I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

I shattered the fangs of the unjust

and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Who can open his jaws,[fn]

surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

Rise up, LORD!

Save me, my God!

You strike all my enemies on the cheek;

you break the teeth of the wicked.

With godless mockery[fn]

they gnashed their teeth at me.

The wicked person schemes against the righteous

and gnashes his teeth at him.

I am surrounded by lions;

I lie down among devouring lions —

people whose teeth are spears and arrows,

whose tongues are sharp swords.

God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;

LORD, tear out the young lions’ fangs.

The wicked one will see it and be angry;

he will gnash his teeth in despair.

The desire of the wicked leads to ruin.

Blessed be the LORD,

who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,

so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time

is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.

There is a generation whose teeth are swords,

whose fangs are knives,

devouring the oppressed from the land

and the needy from among mankind.

Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep

coming up from washing,

each one bearing twins,

and none has lost its young.[fn]

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes

coming up from washing,

each one having a twin,

and not one missing.[fn]

Your mouth[fn] is like fine wine —

flowing smoothly for my love,

gliding past my lips and teeth![fn]

“In those days, it will never again be said,

‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

All your enemies

open their mouths against you.

They hiss and gnash their teeth,

saying, “We have swallowed her up.

This is the day we have waited for!

We have lived to see it.”

He ground my teeth with gravel

and made me cower[fn] in the dust.

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel:

‘The fathers eat sour grapes,

and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

“Men of Dedan[fn] were also your merchants; many coasts and islands were your regular markets. They brought back ivory tusks and ebony as your payment.

“Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up! Gorge yourself on flesh.’

“After this, while I was watching in the night visions, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, frightening and dreadful, and incredibly strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and it trampled with its feet whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.

“Then I wanted to be clear about the fourth beast, the one different from all the others, extremely terrifying, with iron teeth and bronze claws, devouring, crushing, and trampling with its feet whatever was left.

For a nation has invaded my land,

powerful and without number;

its teeth are the teeth of a lion,

and it has the fangs of a lioness.

I gave you absolutely nothing to eat[fn] in all your cities,

a shortage of food in all your communities,

yet you did not return to me.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

This is what the LORD says

concerning the prophets

who lead my people astray,

who proclaim peace

when they have food to sink their teeth into

but declare war against the one

who puts nothing in their mouths.

I will remove the blood from their mouths

and the abhorrent things

from between their teeth.

Then they too will become a remnant for our God;

they will become like a clan in Judah

and Ekron like the Jebusites.