Strong G2608κατάγνυμι
to break
- Transliteration
- katagnumi
- Pronunciation
- kat-ag'-noo-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατ-άγνυμι
[in LXX for נָחַת pi., etc.;]
to break: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.12:20 (LXX), Jhn.19:31-33.†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָחַת pi., etc.;]
to break: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.12:20 (LXX), Jhn.19:31-33.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2608 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- brake2
- break2
- shall1
First verses
- Matthew 12:20A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
- John 19:31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- John 19:32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
- John 19:33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κατ-άγνῡμι,
infinitive -ύναι [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 265e)]; καταγνύω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 107.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 6.5)]; late present κατάσσω, κατεάσσω (which see): future κατάξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 323)]: aorist κατέαξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc. (see. below))]; Ionic dialect κατῆξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.26)]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive κατάξει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 38.37 (Teos, 5th c.BC))]; participle κατάξας (Dobree for κατεάξας) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.42, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.526b (variant{κατεάξας},{κατάγξας}))]; Epic dialect optative καυάξαις ={καϝϝάξαις} for κατ-ϝάξαις, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 666, 693)]:—passive, κατάγνῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 45, “Art.” 67, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 703)]: imperfect κατεάγνυτο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 113G.:)]aorist 2 κατεάγην[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([probably ᾰ] 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1428,)]subjunctive κατ-ᾱγῶ (contraction from κατᾰ-ϝᾰγ-) [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 604, probably in [prev. author] “Ach.” 928, _optative_ κατᾱγείην [prev. work] 944)]; participle καταγείς [probably ᾱ] [Refs (“IG” 2.1673.33, 39, +others, later κατᾰγέντος “APl.” 4.187)]: future καταγήσομαι[Refs (“Cat.Codex Astr.” 8(4))].129: perfect κατέᾱγα, Ionic dialect κατέηγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 67 (in _passive_ sense))]; participle κατεαγώς, written κατειαγώς [Refs (“IG” 22.1673.55, _contraction_ κατηγώς)] Phoenix5.1: perfect passive κατέαγμαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 10, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.46.5, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 5.32)]: aorist 1 κατεάχθην [LXX (LXX.Jer.31(48).25)]; infinitive καταχθῆναι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 640a22)]; participle καταχθείς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 26.52, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 11.82.--The forms κατέαξα, κατεάγην)] led the copyists to insert the ε in unaugmented forms, as κατεάξας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place], κατεαγῇ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 50, κατεαγῆναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 469d)], and such forms were in use in later Gr., as κατεάξει [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.12.20, κατεαγῶσιν NT.John.19.31, κατέαξαν “BGU” 908.25 (2nd c.AD))]:— break in pieces, shatter, κατά θ᾽ ἅρματα ἄξω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.403; ἄξονα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 693)]; τὸ (i.e. ἔγχος) γὰρ κατεάξαμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.257; νέα μέν μοι κατέαξε Ποσειδάων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.283, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 666; εἴ τινες μαχεσάμενοι ἔτυχον ἀλλήλων κατάξαντες τὰς κεφαλάς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.42; κατάξειέ τις αὐτοῦ μεθύων τὴν κεφαλήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1166)] codex R (variant{τῆς κεφαλῆς},[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare οὐ γὰρ κατάξει τῆς κεφαλῆς τὰ ῥήματα 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 323, κατῆξε τῶν πλευρέων 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.26, see entry near the end))]; κατάξω τὴν κεφαλήν, ἄνθρωπέ, σου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 173; γυνὴ κατέαξ᾽ ἐχῖνον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1436; Ναξίαν ἀμυγδάλην κατᾶξαι 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Comedy texts 68; τὰς ἀμυγδαλᾶς.. κάταξον τῇ κεφαλῇ σαυτοῦ λίθῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 590)]: metaphorically, break up into species, μὴ κ. μηδὲ κερματίζειν τὴν ἀρετήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 79a.)]
2 weaken, enervate, πατρίδα θ᾽, ἢν αὔξειν Χρεὼν καὶ μὴ κατᾶξαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 508; τὰς ψυχὰς καταγνύουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 6.5: _absolutely_ in)]perfect participle κατεαγώς effeminate, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.524f)]; αὐλητὴς τῶν κ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 4; κ. μουσική 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 6.14.)]
II passive with perfect active, to be broken, δόρατα κατεηγότα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.224; ὀστέα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 8; κληΐς [prev. author] “Art.” 14; περὶ δ᾽ ἐμῷ κάρᾳ κατάγνυται τὸ τεῦχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 565.3; κατέαγεν ἡ Χύτρα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 403)]; especially καταγῆναι τὴν κεφαλήν have one's head broken, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.61, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.14; τὴν κεφαλὴν κατεαγέναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.35: Comedy texts, στάμνου κεφαλὴν κατεαγότος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 545; τὸ κρανίον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 684; τὸ σκάφιον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 604)]; κατεαγέναι or κατάγνυσθαι τὰ ὦτα, of pugilists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 515e, “Prt.” 342b; τὴν κλεῖν κατεαγώς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.67: also with _genitive_ _partitive_ (οὐ πᾶσαν τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀλλὰ μέρος τι αὐτῆς 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus “Philet.” p.448 P.), τῆς κεφαλῆς κατέαγε περὶ λίθῳ πεσών 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1180)]; κατεάγη τῆς κ. [Refs ([prev. author] “V.” 1428)]; τῆς κ. καταγῆναι (-εαγῆναι, -εαγέναι codices) δεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 469d; κατέαγα τοῦ κρανίου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 48)]: metaphorically, to be shattered, of an argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus [same place])]
infinitive -ύναι [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 265e)]; καταγνύω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 107.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 6.5)]; late present κατάσσω, κατεάσσω (which see): future κατάξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 323)]: aorist κατέαξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc. (see. below))]; Ionic dialect κατῆξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.26)]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive κατάξει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 38.37 (Teos, 5th c.BC))]; participle κατάξας (Dobree for κατεάξας) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.42, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.526b (variant{κατεάξας},{κατάγξας}))]; Epic dialect optative καυάξαις ={καϝϝάξαις} for κατ-ϝάξαις, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 666, 693)]:—passive, κατάγνῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 45, “Art.” 67, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 703)]: imperfect κατεάγνυτο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 113G.:)]aorist 2 κατεάγην[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([probably ᾰ] 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1428,)]subjunctive κατ-ᾱγῶ (contraction from κατᾰ-ϝᾰγ-) [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 604, probably in [prev. author] “Ach.” 928, _optative_ κατᾱγείην [prev. work] 944)]; participle καταγείς [probably ᾱ] [Refs (“IG” 2.1673.33, 39, +others, later κατᾰγέντος “APl.” 4.187)]: future καταγήσομαι[Refs (“Cat.Codex Astr.” 8(4))].129: perfect κατέᾱγα, Ionic dialect κατέηγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 67 (in _passive_ sense))]; participle κατεαγώς, written κατειαγώς [Refs (“IG” 22.1673.55, _contraction_ κατηγώς)] Phoenix5.1: perfect passive κατέαγμαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 10, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.46.5, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 5.32)]: aorist 1 κατεάχθην [LXX (LXX.Jer.31(48).25)]; infinitive καταχθῆναι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 640a22)]; participle καταχθείς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 26.52, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 11.82.--The forms κατέαξα, κατεάγην)] led the copyists to insert the ε in unaugmented forms, as κατεάξας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place], κατεαγῇ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 50, κατεαγῆναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 469d)], and such forms were in use in later Gr., as κατεάξει [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.12.20, κατεαγῶσιν NT.John.19.31, κατέαξαν “BGU” 908.25 (2nd c.AD))]:— break in pieces, shatter, κατά θ᾽ ἅρματα ἄξω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.403; ἄξονα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 693)]; τὸ (i.e. ἔγχος) γὰρ κατεάξαμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.257; νέα μέν μοι κατέαξε Ποσειδάων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.283, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 666; εἴ τινες μαχεσάμενοι ἔτυχον ἀλλήλων κατάξαντες τὰς κεφαλάς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.42; κατάξειέ τις αὐτοῦ μεθύων τὴν κεφαλήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1166)] codex R (variant{τῆς κεφαλῆς},[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare οὐ γὰρ κατάξει τῆς κεφαλῆς τὰ ῥήματα 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 323, κατῆξε τῶν πλευρέων 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.26, see entry near the end))]; κατάξω τὴν κεφαλήν, ἄνθρωπέ, σου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 173; γυνὴ κατέαξ᾽ ἐχῖνον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1436; Ναξίαν ἀμυγδάλην κατᾶξαι 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Comedy texts 68; τὰς ἀμυγδαλᾶς.. κάταξον τῇ κεφαλῇ σαυτοῦ λίθῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 590)]: metaphorically, break up into species, μὴ κ. μηδὲ κερματίζειν τὴν ἀρετήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 79a.)]
2 weaken, enervate, πατρίδα θ᾽, ἢν αὔξειν Χρεὼν καὶ μὴ κατᾶξαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 508; τὰς ψυχὰς καταγνύουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 6.5: _absolutely_ in)]perfect participle κατεαγώς effeminate, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.524f)]; αὐλητὴς τῶν κ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 4; κ. μουσική 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 6.14.)]
II passive with perfect active, to be broken, δόρατα κατεηγότα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.224; ὀστέα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 8; κληΐς [prev. author] “Art.” 14; περὶ δ᾽ ἐμῷ κάρᾳ κατάγνυται τὸ τεῦχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 565.3; κατέαγεν ἡ Χύτρα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 403)]; especially καταγῆναι τὴν κεφαλήν have one's head broken, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.61, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.14; τὴν κεφαλὴν κατεαγέναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.35: Comedy texts, στάμνου κεφαλὴν κατεαγότος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 545; τὸ κρανίον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 684; τὸ σκάφιον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 604)]; κατεαγέναι or κατάγνυσθαι τὰ ὦτα, of pugilists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 515e, “Prt.” 342b; τὴν κλεῖν κατεαγώς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.67: also with _genitive_ _partitive_ (οὐ πᾶσαν τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀλλὰ μέρος τι αὐτῆς 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus “Philet.” p.448 P.), τῆς κεφαλῆς κατέαγε περὶ λίθῳ πεσών 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1180)]; κατεάγη τῆς κ. [Refs ([prev. author] “V.” 1428)]; τῆς κ. καταγῆναι (-εαγῆναι, -εαγέναι codices) δεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 469d; κατέαγα τοῦ κρανίου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 48)]: metaphorically, to be shattered, of an argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus [same place])]