חָרַק
charak · gnash
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2786 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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charak (חָרַק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gnash”.
To gnash the teeth, as a sign of rage.
How to say it
cha·rak
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Grate the teeth in rage.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- gnashes ×2
- grind ×2
- they gnashed ×1
Where it appears
- Job 16:9
His anger tears and bears a grudge against me; he gnashes his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes at me.
- Psalms 35:16
Like the godless who mock for a cake, they gnashed at me their teeth.
- Psalms 37:12
The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes at him his teeth.
- Psalms 112:10
The wicked will see it and be vexed; he will grind his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.
- Lamentations 2:16
They have opened their mouth against you, all your enemies; they hiss and grind their teeth; they say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day that we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.”