Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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Galatians 5:15
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
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נָשַׁךְ
nâshak · naw-shak'
6 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
Strong's KJV usage: bite, lend upon usury.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 10:8Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:7
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dáknō · dak'-no
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to bite, i.e. (figuratively) thwart
Strong's KJV usage: :--bite.
Strong's first: Galatians 5:15Strong's last: Galatians 5:15
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H5391
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
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bite
BITE, verb transitive preterit tense bit; participle passive bit, bitten.
1. To break or crush with the teeth, as in eating; to pierce with the teeth, as a serpent; to seize with the teeth, as a dog.
2. To pinch or pain, as with cold; as a biting north wind; the frost bites.
3. To reproach with sarcasm; to treat with severity by words or writing; as, one poet praises, another bites.
4. To pierce, cut, or wound; as a biting falchion.
5. To make to smart, as acids bite the mouth.
6. To cheat; to trick.
The rogue was bit.
[Not elegant, but common.]
7. To enter the ground and hold fast, as the bill and palm of an anchor.
8. To injure by angry contention.
If ye bite and devour one another. Galatians 5:15.
BITE, noun The seizure of any thing by the teeth of an animal, as the bite of a dog; or with the mouth, as of a fish.
1. The wound made by the teeth.
2. A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting; a mouthful.
3. A cheat; a trick; a fraud. [A low word.]
4. A sharper; one who cheats.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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