Strong's Concordance rhégnumi: to break apart, by ext. to throw down Original Word: ῥήγνυμι, ῥήσσωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: rhégnumi Phonetic Spelling: (hrayg'-noo-mee) Definition: to break apart, to throw down Usage: I rend, break asunder; I break forth (into speech); I throw or dash down. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originprol. verb from a prim. root rég- Definition to break apart, by ext. to throw down NASB Translation break forth (1), burst (3), slammed (1), slams (1), tear...to pieces (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4486: ῤήγνυμιῤήγνυμι (Matthew 9:17) and ῤήσσω (Homer, Iliad 18, 571; 1 Kings 11:31; Mark 2:22 R G L marginal reading; Mark 9:18 (Luke 5:37 L marginal reading; (see below))); future ῤήξω; 1 aorist ἔρρηξα; present passive 3 person plural ῤήγνυνται; from Homer down; the Sept. for בָּקַע and קָרַע ; to rend, burst or break asunder, break up, break through; a. universally: τούς ἀσκούς, Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37; passive, Matthew 9:17; equivalent to to tear in pieces (A. V. rend): b. namely, c. equivalent to σπαράσσω, to distort, convulse: of a demon causing convulsions in a man possessed, Mark 9:18; Luke 9:42; in both passages many (so R. V. text) explain it to dash down, hurl to the ground (a common occurrence in cases of epilepsy); in this sense in Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 60 a wrestler is said ῤῆ STRONGS NT 4486: ῤήσσωῤήσσω, see ῤήγνυμι. Or rhesso (hrace'-so) both prolonged forms of rheko (which appears only in certain forms, and is itself probably a strengthened form of agnumi (see in katagnumi)) to "break," "wreck" or "crack", i.e. (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts; katagnumi being its intensive (with the preposition in composition), and thrauo a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles, like luo) or disrupt, lacerate; by implication, to convulse (with spasms); figuratively, to give vent to joyful emotions -- break (forth), burst, rend, tear. see GREEK katagnumi see GREEK katagnumi see GREEK thrauo see GREEK luo Englishman's Concordance Matthew 7:6 V-ASA-3PGRK: NAS: and turn and tear you to pieces. KJV: and turn again and rend you. INT: and having turned they tear to pieces you Matthew 9:17 V-PIM/P-3P Mark 2:22 V-FIA-3S Mark 9:18 V-PIA-3S Luke 5:37 V-FIA-3S Luke 9:42 V-AIA-3S Galatians 4:27 V-AMA-2S Strong's Greek 4486 |