How many times is teeth mentioned in the Bible?
The word teeth appears 50 times in the King James Version, in 45 verses. Counting every form (teeth, tooth), it appears 61 times in 51 verses across 24 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses teeth 46 times (57 with every form).
Teeth in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of teeth counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| teeth | 50 | 46 |
| tooth | 11 | 11 |
| Total | 61 | 57 |
Which books mention teeth most
Teeth appears in 24 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Matthew has the most (9), then Psalms (8) and Job (6).
Also in: 1 Samuel (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1), Micah (1), Zechariah (1), Mark (1), Luke (1), Acts (1).
First and last mention of teeth
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
The verse that uses it most is Joel 1:6, 3 times:
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Matthew 27:44: counted in the KJV only
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
Verses with teeth on our topic pages
5 verses that use teeth in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
On: Self Control, Revenge, What Does the Bible Say About War? 27 Verses, Bullying
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”
On: Hell
Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
On: Laziness
Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
On: Revenge
Common questions
How many times is teeth in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 47 of the 61 uses are in the Old Testament and 14 in the New Testament. Teeth appears in 24 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Matthew has the most (9), then Psalms (8) and Job (6).
Where is teeth first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 49:12: "His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk." The last is Revelation 9:8.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.