ἀφρίζωaphrízō

to foam at the mouth: Mark 9:18, Mark 9:20.

Greek (New Testament) · G875

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Mark 9:18 And whenever this spirit seizes him, it throws him violently to the ground. Then he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast out the evil spirit, but they couldn’t do it.”
  • Mark 9:20 So they brought the boy. But when the evil spirit saw Jesus, it threw the child into a violent convulsion, and he fell to the ground, writhing and foaming at the mouth.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.