هَٰٓأَنتُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ كُلِّهِۦ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ عَضُّوا۟ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ قُلْ مُوتُوا۟ بِغَيْظِكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ
Quran glossary · draft
عَضَّ
bite
To press the teeth forcefully against a body part as a gesture of intense emotion.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: عضض
Lemmas: عض
Forms: عَضُّ · يَعَضُّ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا
Why this meaning was chosen
Both family occurrences were reviewed on one page. Each depicts biting a body part as an expressive gesture—fingertips in rage and hands in regret—without requiring a separate lexical sense.