Strong's G4486 · Greek

ῥήγσσω ῥήγνυμι

rhegnumi

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 2608)) to "break," "wreck" or "crack", i.e. (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts; 2608 being its intensive (with the pre

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ῥήγνυμι (G4486)

7 ῥήγνυμι and ( Mk 9:18 ) ῥήσσω , [in LXX chiefly for בּקע , also for קרע , etc. ;] to rend, break asunder : Mt 7:6 , Mk 2:22 , Lk 5:37 ; pass., Mt 9:17 . Of the voice, c. acc., φωνήν , etc. (Hdt., al.), to break forth into speech : absol., Ga 4:27 (LXX) . = ῥάσσω (Dem., al.), to throw or dash down : Mk 9:18 , Lk 9:42 (cf. δια- , περι- , προσ-ρήγνυμι ).† SYN. : θραύω , κατάγνυμι

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

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