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.

3:119

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

25:27

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.