Strong G4937συντρίβω
to break
- Transliteration
- suntribō
- Pronunciation
- soon-tree'-bo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
συν-τρίβω
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁבַר;]
to shatter, break in pieces: Mat.12:20 (LXX), Mrk.5:4 14:3, Jhn.19:36" (LXX), Rev.2:27; of persons and parts of the body, to break, crush, bruise: Luk.9:39; figuratively, Rom.16:20.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁבַר;]
to shatter, break in pieces: Mat.12:20 (LXX), Mrk.5:4 14:3, Jhn.19:36" (LXX), Rev.2:27; of persons and parts of the body, to break, crush, bruise: Luk.9:39; figuratively, Rom.16:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4937 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bruise3
- brake1
- break1
- brokenhearted1
- piece1
- shall1
- shiver1
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.
- Mark 5:4Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
- Mark 14:3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
- Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- Luke 9:39And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
- John 19:36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
- Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
- Revelation 2:27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
συντρίβω [ῑ]
rub together, σ. τὰ πυρεῖα rub dry sticks together to procure a light, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.32)]; grind, φάρμακα (for paints) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.436b (_passive_))]; κολλύριον [Refs (“IG” 14.966 (from Rome).)]
II shatter, shiver to atoms, τοὺς χόας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 187; τὴν χύτραν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 284 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 290e; τὰ σκευάρια 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.59)]; σ. [τὰς ναῦς] stave them in, by running them aground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11 (see. below 2b))]; τὰ δόρατα, τὴν ἀσπίδα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.14, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 78 (_passive_))]; τὰ ποτήρια [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 62; τὰ ᾠά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 613b27; θύραν “PTeb.” 47.13 (2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1855.9 (1st c.BC):)] —passive, συντρῐβέντων τῶν σκευῶν, of a ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.194; τὰ συντετριμμένα σκεύη “IG” 42(1).121.81 (Epid., 4th c.BC); στοὰ συντετρειμμένη [prev. work] 12(9).906.9 (Chalcis, 3rd c.AD))]; [νῆες] συντετριμμέναι, opposed to τελέως διεφθαρμέναι, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.16, 17.)]
II.2 of persons, beat to a jelly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 705, etc.)]; of parts of the body, crush, shiver, λίθῳ σ. τὸ μέτωπον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.8, etc.)]:—passive, τὰ.. τοῦ σώματος μέρη συντετρῖφθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 611d; συντετριμμένοι σκέλη καὶ πλευράς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.4; τὴν κλεῖν συνετρίβην 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.61; συντριβόμεθα τὰς κεφαλάς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.18.)]
II.2.b with genitive partis, συντρῖψαι τῆς κεφαλῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.52:)] —passive, ξυντριβῆναι τῆς κεφαλῆς to have one's head broken (compare κατάγνυμι near the end), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 71:—in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11, φυλασσόμενοι τῶν νεῶν μὴ ξυντρίψωσιν, some take the _genitive_ as _partitive_, see above 11.1.)]
II.3 metaphorically, shatter, crush, τὴν ἐπίνοιαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1050 (_anapaest meter_); τὴν ἐλπίδα 4th c.BC: Demades Orator 12, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.44 (_passive_))]; ὅταν πέσῃ.., πλεῖστα συντρίβει καλά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.15; ὁ τρόπος συντρίβει σε [prev. author] “Epit.” 561; σ. τοὺς διαβεβηκότας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.47.1; δέος σ. τὸν ἄνθρωπον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.165b)]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.8 (3rd c.BC))]; κινδυνεύσει συντριβῆναι τὰ πράγματα [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (“Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 14.3; συντριβεὶς τῇ διανοίᾳ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.13.2; ταῖς ἐλπίσιν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.66; τὴν καρδίαν LXX.Psa.146(147).3, LXX.Isa.61.1)]; συνετρίβη ἡ καρδία[LXX (LXX.Jer.23.9, cf. LXX.Psa.50(51).19.)]
rub together, σ. τὰ πυρεῖα rub dry sticks together to procure a light, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.32)]; grind, φάρμακα (for paints) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.436b (_passive_))]; κολλύριον [Refs (“IG” 14.966 (from Rome).)]
II shatter, shiver to atoms, τοὺς χόας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 187; τὴν χύτραν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 284 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 290e; τὰ σκευάρια 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.59)]; σ. [τὰς ναῦς] stave them in, by running them aground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11 (see. below 2b))]; τὰ δόρατα, τὴν ἀσπίδα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.14, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 78 (_passive_))]; τὰ ποτήρια [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 62; τὰ ᾠά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 613b27; θύραν “PTeb.” 47.13 (2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1855.9 (1st c.BC):)] —passive, συντρῐβέντων τῶν σκευῶν, of a ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.194; τὰ συντετριμμένα σκεύη “IG” 42(1).121.81 (Epid., 4th c.BC); στοὰ συντετρειμμένη [prev. work] 12(9).906.9 (Chalcis, 3rd c.AD))]; [νῆες] συντετριμμέναι, opposed to τελέως διεφθαρμέναι, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.16, 17.)]
II.2 of persons, beat to a jelly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 705, etc.)]; of parts of the body, crush, shiver, λίθῳ σ. τὸ μέτωπον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.8, etc.)]:—passive, τὰ.. τοῦ σώματος μέρη συντετρῖφθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 611d; συντετριμμένοι σκέλη καὶ πλευράς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.4; τὴν κλεῖν συνετρίβην 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.61; συντριβόμεθα τὰς κεφαλάς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.18.)]
II.2.b with genitive partis, συντρῖψαι τῆς κεφαλῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.52:)] —passive, ξυντριβῆναι τῆς κεφαλῆς to have one's head broken (compare κατάγνυμι near the end), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 71:—in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11, φυλασσόμενοι τῶν νεῶν μὴ ξυντρίψωσιν, some take the _genitive_ as _partitive_, see above 11.1.)]
II.3 metaphorically, shatter, crush, τὴν ἐπίνοιαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1050 (_anapaest meter_); τὴν ἐλπίδα 4th c.BC: Demades Orator 12, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.44 (_passive_))]; ὅταν πέσῃ.., πλεῖστα συντρίβει καλά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.15; ὁ τρόπος συντρίβει σε [prev. author] “Epit.” 561; σ. τοὺς διαβεβηκότας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.47.1; δέος σ. τὸν ἄνθρωπον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.165b)]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.8 (3rd c.BC))]; κινδυνεύσει συντριβῆναι τὰ πράγματα [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (“Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 14.3; συντριβεὶς τῇ διανοίᾳ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.13.2; ταῖς ἐλπίσιν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.66; τὴν καρδίαν LXX.Psa.146(147).3, LXX.Isa.61.1)]; συνετρίβη ἡ καρδία[LXX (LXX.Jer.23.9, cf. LXX.Psa.50(51).19.)]