Greek · Strong’s G4486
ῥήγνυμι
rhḗgnymi
G2608 (κατάγνυμι) being its intensive (with the preposition in composition), and G2352 (θραύω) a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles, like G3089 (λύω)) or disrupt, lacerate; by implication, to convulse (with spasms); figuratively, to give vent to joyful emotions
both prolonged forms of (which appears only in certain forms, and is itself probably a strengthened form of (see in G2608 (κατάγνυμι))) to "break," "wreck" or "crack", i.e. (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts;
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Times used
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Old Testament
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New Testament
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Words derived from it
- G1284διαῤῥήσσω diarrhḗssōto tear asunder
- G2608κατάγνυμι katágnymito rend in pieces, i.e. crack apart
- G4366προσρήγνυμι prosrḗgnymito tear towards, i.e. burst upon (as a tempest or flood)
- G5138τραχύς trachýsuneven, rocky (reefy)
- G4470ῥάκος rhákosa "rag," i.e. piece of cloth
- G4048περιῤῥήγνυμι perirrhḗgnymito tear all around, i.e. completely away
- G5327φάραγξ pháranxa gap or chasm, i.e. ravine (winter-torrent)
- G4485ῥῆγμα rhēgmasomething torn, i.e. a fragment (by implication and abstractly, a fall)
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.