κλάω; 1 aorist ἔκλασα; passive (present participle κλώμενος, 1Co_11:24 R G (see below)); 1 aorist ἐκλασθην (Rom_11:20 L Tr); (from Homer down); to break: used in the N. T. of the breaking of bread (see ἄρτος, 1), Mat_14:19; Mat_15:36; Mat_26:26; Mar_8:6; Mar_14:22; Luk_22:19; (); Act_2:46; Act_20:7; Act_20:11; Act_27:35; 1Co_10:16; 1Co_11:24; with εἰς τινας added, a pregnant construction, equivalent to 'to break and distribute among' etc. (see εἰς, C. 1), Mar_8:19; metaphorically, τό σῶμα, shattered, as it were, by a violent death, 1Co_11:21 R G. (Compare: ἐκκλάω, κατακλάω.)

κλάω klaō 14x to break off; in NT to break bread, Mat_14:19 ; with figurative reference to the violent death of Christ, 1Co_11:24 break.

κλάω , [in LXX : Jer_16:7 ( H6535 ), al. ;] to break, break in pieces: of bread, Mat_14:19 ; Mat_15:36 ; Mat_26:26 , Mar_8:6 ; Mar_14:22 , Luk_22:19 ; Luk_24:30 , Act_2:46 ; Act_20:7 ; Act_20:11 ; Act_27:35 , 1Co_10:16 ; 1Co_11:24 ; seq . εἰς , c . acc pers ., Mar_8:19 ( cf. ἐκ -, κατα -κλάω ).†

κλάω [page 345] P Lips I. 39 .12 (A.D. 390) τύψας με [ἀν ]ελεῶς κλά [σα ]ς καὶ χεῖράν μου ὡ̣ς καὶ τὰ ὑπώπια (cf. 1Co_9:27 ) ἔχω ἀ̣φ᾽ ὅλων τῶν ὠ .[. . . See also the bitter epigram on a son, Kaibii 538 .5 f (ii/A.D.) ματέρι πένθος ἔφυς , λύπα πατρί· [οἷ ]α δὲ δένδρου κλῶν [νῦ ]ν ἐκλάσθης ἔ [κτ ]ομ̣ος εἰς Ἀίδαν . The verbal κλαστός , curly-haired, is common in personal descriptions, e.g. P Petr I. 19 .7 (B.C. 225) (cf. ib , .23 κλαστόθριξ ), P Tebt I. 32 .23 (B.C. 145), P Leid Nii. 6 (B.C. 103) (= I. p. 69) (as against auribus fractis Reuvensius), and P Lond 1209 .12 (B.C. 89) (= III. p. 20). See also the exx. of ὑπόκλαστος , slightly curly-haired, cited by Mayser Gr. p. 482.

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)