Strong G2800κλάσις

breaking

Transliteration
klasis
Pronunciation
klas'-is
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G2806; fracture (the act): - breaking.

Detailed definition

κλάσις, -εως, ἡ
(κλάω),
a breaking: Luk.24:35, Act.2:42.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2800 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • break2

First verses

  1. Luke 24:35
    And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
  2. Acts 2:42
    And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κλάσ-ις [ᾰ], εως, ἡ,
(κλάω A) breaking, fracture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 43e)]; ἡ κ. τῶν ἀμπέλων breaking off the shoots and tendrils of vines, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.14.4 (_plural_), compare 3.7.5, +others; ἡ κ. τοῦ ἄρτου NT.Luke.24.35.)]
2 bending of the knee joint, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 882b33)]; κ. ὄψεων refraction, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum libros commentaria - pars” 143.9; τὸ σαμεῖον περὶ ὃ ἁ κ. 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus cited in 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 785.25.)]
2.b κλάσιν λαβεῖν to be deflected, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.9.8)]; ὅταν κλάσιν ποιῇ καὶ γωνίαν, of a bandage. Erot. see at {σκέπαρνος}; of the labyrinth of the ear, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 8.6.)]
II modulation of the voice, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.276, 2.266.)]