It was ordered by the law of retaliation, that they should give tooth for tooth, Exod. xxi, 24. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
H8128
שֵׁן
Glosses: tooth
Indexed occurrences: 3
Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
G3599
ὀδούς · odous
Glosses: tooth
ὀδούς, -όντος, ὁ [in LXX for שֵׁן ; ] a tooth: Mat. 5:38, Mrk.
Indexed occurrences: 0
Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Tooth
One of the particulars regarding which retaliatory punishment was to be inflicted (Ex. 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21). "Gnashing of teeth" =rage, despair (Matt. 8:12; Acts 7:54); "cleanness of teeth" =famine (Amos 4:6); "children's teeth set on edge" =children suffering for the sins of their fathers (Ezek. 18:2).
It was ordered by the law of retaliation, that they should give tooth for tooth, Exod. xxi, 24. The opinion that it is every man’s right and duty to do himself justice, and to revenge his own injuries, is by no means eradicated from among the Afghans, a people of India, to the southward of Cashmere, and according to a paper in the Asiatic Researches, supposed to be descended from the Jews;