Strong G2806κλάω
to break
- Transliteration
- klaō
- Pronunciation
- klah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to break (specifically of bread): - break.
Detailed definition
κλάω
[in LXX: Jer.16:7 (פַּרְנַךְ), al.;]
to break, break in pieces: of bread, Mat.14:19 15:36 26:26, Mrk.8:6 14:22, Luk.22:19 24:30, Act.2:46 20:7, 11 27:35, 1Co.10:16 11:24; before εἰς, with accusative of person(s), Mrk.8:19 (cf. ἐκ-, κατα-κλάω).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Jer.16:7 (פַּרְנַךְ), al.;]
to break, break in pieces: of bread, Mat.14:19 15:36 26:26, Mrk.8:6 14:22, Luk.22:19 24:30, Act.2:46 20:7, 11 27:35, 1Co.10:16 11:24; before εἰς, with accusative of person(s), Mrk.8:19 (cf. ἐκ-, κατα-κλάω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2806 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- brake9
- break5
- broken1
First verses
- Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 15:36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
- Mark 8:6And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
- Mark 8:19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
- Mark 14:22And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
- Luke 22:19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
- Luke 24:30And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
- Acts 2:46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
- Acts 20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
- Acts 20:11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
- Acts 27:35And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
- 1 Corinthians 10:16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
- 1 Corinthians 11:24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κλάω [ᾰ],
A imperfect ἔκλων (κατ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.227, (ἀν-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76)]: future κλάσω [ᾰ] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 10.11.3, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 11.1)]: aorist 1 ἔκλᾰσα, Epic dialect κλάσε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.128, κατά-κλασσε 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.147)]:—middle, poetry aorist κλάσσατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.124 (4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus Laert.))]:—passive, future κλασθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 373a5)]: aorist ἐκλάσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.584)]: perfect κέκλασμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 76b9, etc.:)]aorist 2 participle κλάς (as if from κλῆμι) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 153)]:—break, break off, ἐξ ὕλης πτόρθον κλάσε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.128; ἐκλάσθη δὲ δόναξ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.584)]; break off the luxuriant shoots of the vine, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.15.1 (_passive_), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.134, 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 3.29, etc.; κ. ἄρτον NT.1Cor.10.16, compare 11.24 (_passive_).)]
A.2 Geometry texts, deflect, inflect, usually of drawing a straight line 'broken back' at a line or surface, κλάσαι εὐθεῖαν τὴν ΑΓΒ ἐν λόγῳ τῷ δοθέντι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 904.17)]; ἀπὸ δύο σημείων τῶν B, E κλάσαι τὴν ΒΝΞΕ [Refs ([prev. author] 122.3)]:—more frequently in passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 1.c)].; ἡ κεκλασμένη (i.e. γραμμή) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 228b24; αἱ κλώμεναι εὐθεῖαι 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 2.52)]; ἐὰν ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων κλασθῶσιν[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3.52; κεκλάσθω 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 3.20, +others)]; of visual rays, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 377b22, “Pr.” 912b29)]; of arteries, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.84: generally, καμπαῖς κεκλασμένας ὑποπορεύσεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.968b; κεκλ. στολίδες [prev. work]64a; τὰ κλώμενα τῶν ῥευμάτων)] their broken courses, [Refs ([prev. work]747d.)]
A.3 metaphorically, break, weaken, frustrate, τὴν ἐλπίδα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 3.7.13, compare “epigram Gr.” 348 (from Cios): in)]perfect participle passive, κεκλασμένη φωνή weak, effeminate voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.80, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 813a35)] (also of the Siren's song, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 108.28, compare κ. ἀοιδή 242.10))]; τὰ κεκλ. τῶν ὀμμάτων enfeebled eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 808a9)]; κεκλ. μέλη varied by modulation, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1138c)]; ῥυθμὸς κεκλ. broken rhythm, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 41.1)]; τὸ κεκλ. καὶ παντοδαπόν (i.e. τῆς λέξεως) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.198S.)]
A.3.b of emotion, ἐκλάσθην πρὸς ἔλεον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Vita” 43.)]
A imperfect ἔκλων (κατ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.227, (ἀν-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76)]: future κλάσω [ᾰ] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 10.11.3, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 11.1)]: aorist 1 ἔκλᾰσα, Epic dialect κλάσε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.128, κατά-κλασσε 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.147)]:—middle, poetry aorist κλάσσατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.124 (4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus Laert.))]:—passive, future κλασθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 373a5)]: aorist ἐκλάσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.584)]: perfect κέκλασμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 76b9, etc.:)]aorist 2 participle κλάς (as if from κλῆμι) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 153)]:—break, break off, ἐξ ὕλης πτόρθον κλάσε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.128; ἐκλάσθη δὲ δόναξ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.584)]; break off the luxuriant shoots of the vine, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.15.1 (_passive_), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.134, 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 3.29, etc.; κ. ἄρτον NT.1Cor.10.16, compare 11.24 (_passive_).)]
A.2 Geometry texts, deflect, inflect, usually of drawing a straight line 'broken back' at a line or surface, κλάσαι εὐθεῖαν τὴν ΑΓΒ ἐν λόγῳ τῷ δοθέντι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 904.17)]; ἀπὸ δύο σημείων τῶν B, E κλάσαι τὴν ΒΝΞΕ [Refs ([prev. author] 122.3)]:—more frequently in passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 1.c)].; ἡ κεκλασμένη (i.e. γραμμή) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 228b24; αἱ κλώμεναι εὐθεῖαι 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 2.52)]; ἐὰν ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων κλασθῶσιν[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3.52; κεκλάσθω 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 3.20, +others)]; of visual rays, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 377b22, “Pr.” 912b29)]; of arteries, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.84: generally, καμπαῖς κεκλασμένας ὑποπορεύσεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.968b; κεκλ. στολίδες [prev. work]64a; τὰ κλώμενα τῶν ῥευμάτων)] their broken courses, [Refs ([prev. work]747d.)]
A.3 metaphorically, break, weaken, frustrate, τὴν ἐλπίδα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 3.7.13, compare “epigram Gr.” 348 (from Cios): in)]perfect participle passive, κεκλασμένη φωνή weak, effeminate voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.80, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 813a35)] (also of the Siren's song, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 108.28, compare κ. ἀοιδή 242.10))]; τὰ κεκλ. τῶν ὀμμάτων enfeebled eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 808a9)]; κεκλ. μέλη varied by modulation, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1138c)]; ῥυθμὸς κεκλ. broken rhythm, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 41.1)]; τὸ κεκλ. καὶ παντοδαπόν (i.e. τῆς λέξεως) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.198S.)]
A.3.b of emotion, ἐκλάσθην πρὸς ἔλεον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Vita” 43.)]