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Strong's G3599 ὀδούς (odous)

Odous means “tooth” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3599 — kic (“bag”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3599
Language Greek
Linked Usages 58
Books 27

Strong's G3599 Quick Answer

Strong's G3599 ὀδόντα is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. odous (od-ous') n. 1. a "tooth" [perhaps from the base of G2068] It has 58 linked Bible usages across 27 books. Visible English usage signals include tooth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
odous (od-ous') n. 1. a "tooth" [perhaps from the base of G2068]
Usage
58 linked usages
Books
27 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
tooth

Meaning and Definition

odous (od-ous') n. 1. a "tooth" [perhaps from the base of G2068] KJV: tooth Root(s): G2068

Original Word
ὀδόντα
Morphology
N-ASM

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3599. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

tooth

Usage: ὀδούς, -όντος, ὁ [in LXX for שֵׁן ;] a tooth: Mat.5:38, Mrk.9:18, Act.7:54; pl., Rev.9:8, ὁ βρυγμὸς (which see) τ. ὀδόντων, Mat.8:12 13:42, 50 22:13 24:51 25:30, Luk.13:28.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3599 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's G3599, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

tooth Matthew 5:38

How Strong's G3599 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3599 (ὀδόντα) appears 54 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3599 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3599 in the New Testament

11 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:38 KJV

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Matthew 8:12 KJV

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 13:42 KJV

And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Strong's G3599 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 49:12 Septuagint / Brenton

His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.

Exodus 21:24 Septuagint / Brenton

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

Exodus 21:27 Septuagint / Brenton

And if he should smite out the tooth of his manservant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth’s sake.

Strong's G3599 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

4 Maccabees 7:6 Septuagint / Brenton

O priest, worthy of the priesthood! thou didst not pollute thy sacred teeth; nor make thy appetite, which had always embraced the clean and lawful, a partaker of profanity.

Wisdom of Solomon 16:10 Septuagint / Brenton

But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame: For thy mercy was by them, and healed them.

Wisdom of Sirach 19:30 Septuagint / Brenton

A man’s attire, and excessive laughter, And gait, show what he is.

Usage Excerpts

First 58 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3599.

Genesis 49:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.
Exodus 21:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus 21:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he should smite out the tooth of his manservant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth’s sake.
Leviticus 24:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
bruise for bruise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as anyone may inflict a blemish on a man, so shall it be rendered to him.
Numbers 11:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
Deuteronomy 19:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thine eye shall not spare him: thou shalt exact life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Deuteronomy 32:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall be consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds, And there shall be irremediable destruction: I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts, With the rage of serpents creeping on the ground.
1 Kingdoms 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was near the time of vintage: and their tools were valued at three shekels for a plowshare, and there was the same rate for the axe and the sickle.
2 Chronicles 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he gilded it with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 9:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a ship went for the king to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram: once every three years came vessels from Tarshish to the king, laden with gold, and silver, and ivory, and apes.
Job 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While I may take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand.
Job 16:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In his anger he has cast me down; He has gnashed his teeth upon me: The weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
Job 19:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my bones are held in my teeth.
Job 29:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
Job 41:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who will open the doors of his face? Terror is round about his teeth.
Psalms 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: For thou hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies; Thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
Psalms 34:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, They gnashed their teeth upon me.
Psalms 36:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sinner will watch for the righteous, And gnash his teeth upon him.
Psalms 56:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions’ whelps: I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 57:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek teeth of the lions.
Psalms 111:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sinner shall see and be angry, He shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: The desire of the sinner shall perish.
Psalms 123:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us For a prey to their teeth.
Proverbs 10:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So iniquity hurts those that practice it.
Proverbs 30:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.
Proverbs 32:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Song of Solomon 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, That have gone up from the washing; All of them bearing twins, And there is not a barren one among them.
Song of Solomon 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, That have gone up from the washing, All of them bearing twins, And there is none barren among them: Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely.
Song of Solomon 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy throat as good wine, Going well with my kinsman, Suiting my lips and teeth.
Jeremiah 38:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In those days they shall certainly not say, The fathers ate a sour grape, and the children’s teeth were set on edge.
Jeremiah 38:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But every one shall die in his own sin; and the teeth of him that eats the sour grape shall be set on edge.
Lamentations 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: They have hissed and gnashed their teeth, And said, We have swallowed her up: Moreover this is the day which we looked for; We have found it, we have seen it.
Lamentations 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, He has fed me with ashes.
Ezekiel 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, what mean ye by this parable among the children of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten unripe grapes, and the children’s teeth have been set on edge?
Ezekiel 27:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of the Rhodesians were thy merchants; from the islands they multiplied thy merchandise, even elephants’ teeth: and to them that came in thou didst return thy prices,
Daniel 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, a second beast like a bear, and it supported itself on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth: and thus they said to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Daniel 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After this one I looked, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong, and its teeth were of iron; devouring and crushing to atoms, and it trampled the remainder with its feet: and it was altogether different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Daniel 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I inquired carefully concerning the fourth beast; for it differed from every other beast, exceeding dreadful: its teeth were of iron, and its claws of brass, devouring, and utterly breaking to pieces, and it trampled the remainder with its feet:
Joel 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a strong and innumerable nation is come up against my land, their teeth are lion’s teeth, and their back teeth those of a lion’s whelp.
Amos 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will give you dullness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet ye returned not to me, saith the Lord.
Micah 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray, that bite with their teeth, and proclaim peace to them; and when nothing was put into their mouth, they raised up war against them:
Zechariah 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
Matthew 5:38 New Testament, KJV
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Matthew 8:12 New Testament, KJV
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:42 New Testament, KJV
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:50 New Testament, KJV
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 22:13 New Testament, KJV
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:51 New Testament, KJV
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25:30 New Testament, KJV
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mark 9:18 New Testament, KJV
And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
Luke 13:28 New Testament, KJV
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Acts 7:54 New Testament, KJV
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Revelation 9:8 New Testament, KJV
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
4 Maccabees 7:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O priest, worthy of the priesthood! thou didst not pollute thy sacred teeth; nor make thy appetite, which had always embraced the clean and lawful, a partaker of profanity.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame: For thy mercy was by them, and healed them.
Wisdom of Sirach 19:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A man’s attire, and excessive laughter, And gait, show what he is.
Wisdom of Sirach 21:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: For if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: The teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, Slaying the souls of men.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow with him, And lest thou gnash thy teeth in the end.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, serpents, And the sword, punishing the wicked to destruction,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3599, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 7 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3599 FAQ

What does odous (ὀδούς) mean?

Odous (Strong's G3599) is a Greek word most simply glossed "tooth". odous (od-ous') n. 1. a "tooth" [perhaps from the base of G2068]

How many times is odous (ὀδούς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 58 linked usages for Strong's G3599 across 27 books.

Where can I study odous (ὀδούς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3599 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate odous (ὀδούς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tooth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3599 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 41 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3599, with linked reader references where each row is available.