Strong G2622κατακλάω
to break
- Transliteration
- kataklaō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ak-lah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-κλάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Eze.19:12 (נָתַשׁ hoph.)*;]
to break up, break in pieces: Mrk.6:41, Luk.9:16.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Eze.19:12 (נָתַשׁ hoph.)*;]
to break up, break in pieces: Mrk.6:41, Luk.9:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2622 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- brake2
First verses
- Mark 6:41And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
- Luke 9:16Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κατακλάω [ᾰ],
Bimperfect κατέκλων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.227, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.62)]: aorist 1 -έκλᾰσα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117d)]:—passive, perfect and aorist (see. below):—break short, snap off, ἐπ᾽ ἀνθερίκων καρπὸν θέον οὐδὲ κατέκλων Il.[same place]; κατεκλάσθη δ᾽ ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (13.608; τὰ δόρατα κατέκλων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.34; φυτευτήρια ἐλαῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.15)]; κατὰ δ᾽ αὐχένα νέρθ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίης κλάσσε bowed it down, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.146)]; κ. τὸν ὀφθαλμόν ogle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.79 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]; but ὄμματα κατακεκλασμένα eyes with drooping lids, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 808a8; τὸ σῶμα.. -κέκλασται)]has been crushed, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (PMasp. 77.12 (6th c.AD).)]
B.II metaphorically, break down, οὐδένα ὅντινα οὐ κατέκλασε he broke us all down, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” [same place]; πάθος, εἴτ᾽ οἶκτος εἴτ᾽ αἰδώς, κατέκλασε τὴν διάνοιαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 7)]; [Ἔρως] κατακλάσας τὸ σοβαρόν [Refs ([prev. author] 2.767f)]:—more frequently in passive, ἐμοί γε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ, κλαῖον δ᾽ ἐν ψαμάθοισι καθήμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.538)]; of fear, ἡμῖν δ᾽ αὖτε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ δεισάντων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (9.256, compare 10.198; τὸ θράσος κατεκέκλαστο 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 11)]; of passion, ἐρώτων.. νόσῳ φρένας.. κατεκλάσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 766 (Lyric poetry))]; of pity, οὐδὲ κατεκλάσθης [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 107)]; of persuasion, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.114.)]
B.II.2 passive, κατακεκλασμένος reduced by fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 510)]: metaphorically, of character, to become enfeebled, degenerate, [Refs (Aristeas 149: in)]perfect participle passive, enervated, effeminate, of men, [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 339.2)]; γραφαὶ κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18:)] —active, κ. ἑαυτόν, of an effeminate dancer, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 18, “Salt.” 27.)]
B.III passive, of light, to be refracted, opposed to ἀνακλᾶσθαι (to be reflected), ὄψεως -κλωμένης [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 3.18.1)]; of sound, αἱ κατακλώμεναι φωναὶ μετὰ φαρμακείην broken, feeble voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 246.)]
Bimperfect κατέκλων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.227, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.62)]: aorist 1 -έκλᾰσα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117d)]:—passive, perfect and aorist (see. below):—break short, snap off, ἐπ᾽ ἀνθερίκων καρπὸν θέον οὐδὲ κατέκλων Il.[same place]; κατεκλάσθη δ᾽ ἐνὶ καυλῷ ἔγχος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (13.608; τὰ δόρατα κατέκλων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.34; φυτευτήρια ἐλαῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.15)]; κατὰ δ᾽ αὐχένα νέρθ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίης κλάσσε bowed it down, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.146)]; κ. τὸν ὀφθαλμόν ogle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.79 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]; but ὄμματα κατακεκλασμένα eyes with drooping lids, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 808a8; τὸ σῶμα.. -κέκλασται)]has been crushed, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (PMasp. 77.12 (6th c.AD).)]
B.II metaphorically, break down, οὐδένα ὅντινα οὐ κατέκλασε he broke us all down, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” [same place]; πάθος, εἴτ᾽ οἶκτος εἴτ᾽ αἰδώς, κατέκλασε τὴν διάνοιαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 7)]; [Ἔρως] κατακλάσας τὸ σοβαρόν [Refs ([prev. author] 2.767f)]:—more frequently in passive, ἐμοί γε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ, κλαῖον δ᾽ ἐν ψαμάθοισι καθήμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.538)]; of fear, ἡμῖν δ᾽ αὖτε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ δεισάντων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (9.256, compare 10.198; τὸ θράσος κατεκέκλαστο 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 11)]; of passion, ἐρώτων.. νόσῳ φρένας.. κατεκλάσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 766 (Lyric poetry))]; of pity, οὐδὲ κατεκλάσθης [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 107)]; of persuasion, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.114.)]
B.II.2 passive, κατακεκλασμένος reduced by fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 510)]: metaphorically, of character, to become enfeebled, degenerate, [Refs (Aristeas 149: in)]perfect participle passive, enervated, effeminate, of men, [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 339.2)]; γραφαὶ κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18:)] —active, κ. ἑαυτόν, of an effeminate dancer, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 18, “Salt.” 27.)]
B.III passive, of light, to be refracted, opposed to ἀνακλᾶσθαι (to be reflected), ὄψεως -κλωμένης [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 3.18.1)]; of sound, αἱ κατακλώμεναι φωναὶ μετὰ φαρμακείην broken, feeble voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 246.)]