aphrizo describes foaming at the mouth amid violent convulsions in the Gospel scene.

The attested use describes foaming at the mouth in a scene of violent seizure and collapse: the finite verb occurs as the person is thrown down in Mark 9:18, and the participle accompanies falling and rolling on the ground in Mark 9:20.

1. Foaming at the mouth during convulsions · dominant

   In Mark 9:18, the present active indicative occurs in the report that wherever the spirit seizes him, it throws him down; the APB renders the clause "he foams at the mouth" alongside grinding teeth and becoming rigid. In Mark 9:20, the present active participle describes him after he falls and rolls on the ground; the APB renders him "foaming at the mouth."

   Mark 9:18Mark 9:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents both forms with "foams/foaming at the mouth" in the two seizure descriptions. This reflects the clauses' presentation rather than a separate lexical distinction.