Strong G4486ῥήγνυμι
to throw violently
- Transliteration
- rhēgnumi rhēssō
- Pronunciation
- hrayg'-noo-mee hrace'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Both are prolonged forms of ῥήκω rhēko (which appears only in certain forms and is itself probably a strengthened form of ἄγνυμι agnumi (see in G2608)); to breakwreck or crack that is (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts; G2608 being its intensive (with the preposition in compounds) and G2352 a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles like G3089) or disrupt lacerate; by implication to convulse (with spasms); figuratively to give vent to joyful emotions: - break (forth) burst rend tear.
Detailed definition
ῥήγνυμι and (Mrk.9:18) ῥήσσω,
[in LXX chiefly for בָּקַע, also for קָרַע, etc.;]
1. to rend, break asunder: Mat.7:6, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37; pass., Mat.9:17.
2. Of the voice, with accusative, φωνήν, etc. (Hdt., al.), to break forth into speech: absol., Gal.4:27 (LXX).
3. = ῥήσσω (Dem., al.), to throw or dash down: Mrk.9:18, Luk.9:42
(cf. δια-, περι-, προσ-ρήγνυμι).†
SYN.: θραύω, κατάγνυμι (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בָּקַע, also for קָרַע, etc.;]
1. to rend, break asunder: Mat.7:6, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37; pass., Mat.9:17.
2. Of the voice, with accusative, φωνήν, etc. (Hdt., al.), to break forth into speech: absol., Gal.4:27 (LXX).
3. = ῥήσσω (Dem., al.), to throw or dash down: Mrk.9:18, Luk.9:42
(cf. δια-, περι-, προσ-ρήγνυμι).†
SYN.: θραύω, κατάγνυμι (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4486 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- break2
- burst2
- down1
- rend1
- teareth1
- throw1
First verses
- Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
- Mark 2:22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
- Mark 9:18And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
- Luke 5:37And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
- Luke 9:42And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
- Galatians 4:27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥήγνῡμι
or ῥηγνύω
A (ἀναρ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 10)]: imperfect κατ-ερρήγνυε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.63, etc.))]; later ῥήσσω, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.640, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 93, “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”; ῥήσσεσθαι “PHolm.” 6.3, compare 4.22)]; ἀπο-, δια-ρρήσσεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 17, 42)]; ῥήττω, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.14.8, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.150 (variant{ῥήσσει}), (περι-) [prev. author] 2.98, 3.18 (variant{περιρρήσσει}); ῥήττεσθαι 3rd-2nd c.BC: Bito Mechanicus 45.8, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.18)]: Epic dialect imperfect ῥήγνυσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.141)]: future ῥήξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (12.262, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 775)]: aorist ἔρρηξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.348, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 960; ῥῆξα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.6:)]perfect ἔρρηχα (δι-) [LXX (LXX.2Ki.14.30, 15.32:—)]middle ῥήγνῠμαι, future ῥήξομαι, aorist ἐρρηξάμην, all in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” (12.257, 224, 291))], present also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 4, 12)]: aorist ἐρρηξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 835, (κατ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.13)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ῥήξαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.90)]:—passive, subjunctive ῥήγνῡται [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 19.4)]: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ῥηγνύατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 817)]: future ῥᾰγήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.668a, (διαρ-, ἐκ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 340, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 369, etc.:)]aorist ἐρράγην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 583, etc.)]; later ἐρρήχθην, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 11)]; δια-ρρηχθῇ (variant{-ρραγῇ}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 29:)]perfect ἔρρηγμαι (συν-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.137)]; but intransitive perfect ἔρρωγα is more frequently, see below with [Refs (1)]; perfect participle feminine ἐρρηγεῖα, see below with [Refs (2)]; masculine plural κατ-ερρηγότας [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] The word is hardly used by correct Attic dialect Prose-writers, except in passive:—break asunder, rend, shatter, τεῖχος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.198; πύλας 13.124; σάκος 21.165; θώρηκας 2.544; ἱμάντα 3.375; νευρήν 8.328; ὀστέον 20.399; χρόα 23.673)]; only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, προτόνους ἔρρηξ᾽ ἀνέμοιο θύελλα 12.409)]:—later, especially rend garments, in sign of grief, ῥ. πέπλους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 199, 468)]; ῥ. ἕλκεα make grievous wounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.29)]; ῥ. ὀστᾶ, σάρκας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 994, “Ba.” 1130; ἀρότροις γῆς δάπεδον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 515)]: in Ionic dialect and later Prose, ῥήγνυσι.. τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χιτῶνα [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19; ῥήττειν νευράν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.57; τὰ δεσμά 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 17.1; τὰς πύλας [prev. author] “Par.” 46; μὴ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς NT.Matt.7.6)]:—middle, break for oneself, get broken, ὄρνυσθ᾽.. ῥήγνυσθε δὲ τεῖχος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.440, compare 224, 257, 291)]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
A.2 break a line of battle or body of men, ῥ. φάλαγγα, ὅμιλον, στίχας ἀνδρῶν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.6, 11.538, 15.615)]; τὸ μέσον ῥῆξαι break through the centre, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.113: _absolutely_, ἐρρηξάτην ἐς κύκλα.. ὅπλων)] broke through, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 210.9:)] — middle, ῥήξασθαι φάλαγγας, στίχας, break oneself a way through the lines, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.90, 13.680, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 835; ῥηξαμένῳ θέσθαι παρὰ νηυσὶ κέλευθον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.411.)]
A.3 let break loose, ἔριδα ῥ. [Refs (20.55 (_middle_).)]
A.4 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ῥῆξαι φωνήν)] let loose the voice, of children and persons who have been dumb or silent, break into speech, speak out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.85, 2.2, 5.93, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 357, 960; ῥῆξαι αὐδήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 710)]; later ῥήξασθαι φωνήν, θρόον αὐδῆς, φθόγγον, utter, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.221 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus), 7.597 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator), 9.61: _absolutely_, ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον)] cry aloud, [LXX (LXX.Isa.54.1)]; see belowwith
A.5 also δακρύων ῥήξασα.. νάματα having let loose, having burst into floods of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 919)]; κλαυθμὸν ῥ. [LXX+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 36; ῥ. τὰ ὄρη εὐφροσύνην LXX.Isa.49.13; ῥήγνυσι πηγὰς ὁ χῶρος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 19; ῥ. νεφέλην ἔς τινας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.27)]; see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
B passive, break, break asunder, burst, κῦμα ῥήγνυτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.67; κῦμα.. χέρσῳ ῥηγνύμενον 4.425, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 377)]; of clouds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 378)]; ῥαγῆναί τι τῆς γῆς, as in an earthquake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 359d; ῥαγεῖσα Θηβαίων κόνις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 958; ἱμάτια ῥαγέντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.16; ὀστέον ῥήγνυται τιτρωσκόμενον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 4)]; ῥήττονται ὑδρίαι (by the cold) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.18)]; τοῖς βασκάνοις εἶναι ῥήγνυσθαι may the envious burst, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 50 (26). 69; τοῖς εἴ τις εὐδοκιμήσειεν ἐπί τῳ ῥηγνυμένοις 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 29.13, compare “Or.” 1.207.)]
B.2 burst forth, like lightning, βροντὴ δ᾽ ἐρράγη δι᾽ ἀστραπῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 583, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.919b; so καταμηνίων ῥαγέντων 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.32, compare “Nat.Mul.” 13, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 582b10, etc.)]
B.3 of ships, to be wrecked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.21: _metaphorically_, πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 505.)]
B.4 of a stone, γράμματι ῥηγνύμενον scored with lettering, i.e. inscribed, Puchstein [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“epigram Gr.” p.76 (Memphis, 2nd c.BC).)]
C intransitive, like passive, break or burst forth, ἔρρηξεν ἔμετος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.24; τὸ πνεῦμα ῥήγνυσι [prev. author] “Nat.Puer.” 12; εἰ ἐθελήσει ῥήξας ὑπερβῆναι ὁ ποταμός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.99: _metaphorically_, ὁποῖα χρῄζει ῥηγνύτω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1076 (in answer to the words δέδοιχ᾽ ὅπως μὴ.. ἀναρρήξει κακά): frequently in this signification in)]perfect ἔρρωγα, to have broken out, ἔρρωγε παγὰ δακρύων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 852 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, κακῶν πέλαγος ἔρρωγεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 433; τάδ᾽ ἐκ δυοῖν ἔρρωγεν.. κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1280; σοὶ τάδ᾽ ἔρρωγεν κακά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1338; ἐρρωγότες λόγοι)]broken, disjointed, [Refs (Comica Adespota 661.)]
C.2 in literal sense, γῆ ἐρρηγεῖα (-υῖα) broken, arable, opposed to ἄρρηκτος, [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 1.18, +others (ϝρηγ- (compare _Aeolic dialect_ _aorist_ _passive_ εὐράγη Hdn.Gr.2.640, ϝρῆξις, αὔρηκτος))], cognate with Lithuanian rēžti 'cut, notch, furrow', rúožas 'stripe, streak, strip'.)
or ῥηγνύω
A (ἀναρ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 10)]: imperfect κατ-ερρήγνυε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.63, etc.))]; later ῥήσσω, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.640, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 93, “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”; ῥήσσεσθαι “PHolm.” 6.3, compare 4.22)]; ἀπο-, δια-ρρήσσεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 17, 42)]; ῥήττω, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.14.8, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.150 (variant{ῥήσσει}), (περι-) [prev. author] 2.98, 3.18 (variant{περιρρήσσει}); ῥήττεσθαι 3rd-2nd c.BC: Bito Mechanicus 45.8, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.18)]: Epic dialect imperfect ῥήγνυσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.141)]: future ῥήξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (12.262, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 775)]: aorist ἔρρηξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.348, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 960; ῥῆξα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.6:)]perfect ἔρρηχα (δι-) [LXX (LXX.2Ki.14.30, 15.32:—)]middle ῥήγνῠμαι, future ῥήξομαι, aorist ἐρρηξάμην, all in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” (12.257, 224, 291))], present also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 4, 12)]: aorist ἐρρηξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 835, (κατ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.13)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ῥήξαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.90)]:—passive, subjunctive ῥήγνῡται [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 19.4)]: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ῥηγνύατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 817)]: future ῥᾰγήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.668a, (διαρ-, ἐκ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 340, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 369, etc.:)]aorist ἐρράγην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 583, etc.)]; later ἐρρήχθην, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 11)]; δια-ρρηχθῇ (variant{-ρραγῇ}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 29:)]perfect ἔρρηγμαι (συν-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.137)]; but intransitive perfect ἔρρωγα is more frequently, see below with [Refs (1)]; perfect participle feminine ἐρρηγεῖα, see below with [Refs (2)]; masculine plural κατ-ερρηγότας [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] The word is hardly used by correct Attic dialect Prose-writers, except in passive:—break asunder, rend, shatter, τεῖχος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.198; πύλας 13.124; σάκος 21.165; θώρηκας 2.544; ἱμάντα 3.375; νευρήν 8.328; ὀστέον 20.399; χρόα 23.673)]; only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, προτόνους ἔρρηξ᾽ ἀνέμοιο θύελλα 12.409)]:—later, especially rend garments, in sign of grief, ῥ. πέπλους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 199, 468)]; ῥ. ἕλκεα make grievous wounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.29)]; ῥ. ὀστᾶ, σάρκας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 994, “Ba.” 1130; ἀρότροις γῆς δάπεδον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 515)]: in Ionic dialect and later Prose, ῥήγνυσι.. τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χιτῶνα [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19; ῥήττειν νευράν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.57; τὰ δεσμά 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 17.1; τὰς πύλας [prev. author] “Par.” 46; μὴ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς NT.Matt.7.6)]:—middle, break for oneself, get broken, ὄρνυσθ᾽.. ῥήγνυσθε δὲ τεῖχος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.440, compare 224, 257, 291)]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
A.2 break a line of battle or body of men, ῥ. φάλαγγα, ὅμιλον, στίχας ἀνδρῶν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.6, 11.538, 15.615)]; τὸ μέσον ῥῆξαι break through the centre, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.113: _absolutely_, ἐρρηξάτην ἐς κύκλα.. ὅπλων)] broke through, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 210.9:)] — middle, ῥήξασθαι φάλαγγας, στίχας, break oneself a way through the lines, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.90, 13.680, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 835; ῥηξαμένῳ θέσθαι παρὰ νηυσὶ κέλευθον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.411.)]
A.3 let break loose, ἔριδα ῥ. [Refs (20.55 (_middle_).)]
A.4 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ῥῆξαι φωνήν)] let loose the voice, of children and persons who have been dumb or silent, break into speech, speak out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.85, 2.2, 5.93, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 357, 960; ῥῆξαι αὐδήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 710)]; later ῥήξασθαι φωνήν, θρόον αὐδῆς, φθόγγον, utter, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.221 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus), 7.597 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator), 9.61: _absolutely_, ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον)] cry aloud, [LXX (LXX.Isa.54.1)]; see belowwith
A.5 also δακρύων ῥήξασα.. νάματα having let loose, having burst into floods of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 919)]; κλαυθμὸν ῥ. [LXX+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 36; ῥ. τὰ ὄρη εὐφροσύνην LXX.Isa.49.13; ῥήγνυσι πηγὰς ὁ χῶρος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 19; ῥ. νεφέλην ἔς τινας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.27)]; see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
B passive, break, break asunder, burst, κῦμα ῥήγνυτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.67; κῦμα.. χέρσῳ ῥηγνύμενον 4.425, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 377)]; of clouds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 378)]; ῥαγῆναί τι τῆς γῆς, as in an earthquake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 359d; ῥαγεῖσα Θηβαίων κόνις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 958; ἱμάτια ῥαγέντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.16; ὀστέον ῥήγνυται τιτρωσκόμενον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 4)]; ῥήττονται ὑδρίαι (by the cold) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.18)]; τοῖς βασκάνοις εἶναι ῥήγνυσθαι may the envious burst, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 50 (26). 69; τοῖς εἴ τις εὐδοκιμήσειεν ἐπί τῳ ῥηγνυμένοις 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 29.13, compare “Or.” 1.207.)]
B.2 burst forth, like lightning, βροντὴ δ᾽ ἐρράγη δι᾽ ἀστραπῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 583, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.919b; so καταμηνίων ῥαγέντων 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.32, compare “Nat.Mul.” 13, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 582b10, etc.)]
B.3 of ships, to be wrecked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.21: _metaphorically_, πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 505.)]
B.4 of a stone, γράμματι ῥηγνύμενον scored with lettering, i.e. inscribed, Puchstein [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“epigram Gr.” p.76 (Memphis, 2nd c.BC).)]
C intransitive, like passive, break or burst forth, ἔρρηξεν ἔμετος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.24; τὸ πνεῦμα ῥήγνυσι [prev. author] “Nat.Puer.” 12; εἰ ἐθελήσει ῥήξας ὑπερβῆναι ὁ ποταμός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.99: _metaphorically_, ὁποῖα χρῄζει ῥηγνύτω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1076 (in answer to the words δέδοιχ᾽ ὅπως μὴ.. ἀναρρήξει κακά): frequently in this signification in)]perfect ἔρρωγα, to have broken out, ἔρρωγε παγὰ δακρύων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 852 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, κακῶν πέλαγος ἔρρωγεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 433; τάδ᾽ ἐκ δυοῖν ἔρρωγεν.. κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1280; σοὶ τάδ᾽ ἔρρωγεν κακά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1338; ἐρρωγότες λόγοι)]broken, disjointed, [Refs (Comica Adespota 661.)]
C.2 in literal sense, γῆ ἐρρηγεῖα (-υῖα) broken, arable, opposed to ἄρρηκτος, [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 1.18, +others (ϝρηγ- (compare _Aeolic dialect_ _aorist_ _passive_ εὐράγη Hdn.Gr.2.640, ϝρῆξις, αὔρηκτος))], cognate with Lithuanian rēžti 'cut, notch, furrow', rúožas 'stripe, streak, strip'.)