Quick Definition
κλάω v. I break
Strong's Definition
a primary verb; to break (specially, of bread)
KJV Usage: break
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἐκκλάω · κατακλάω · κλάσις · κλάσμα · κλῆμα
19.34 · Physical Impact · Break, Break Through
to break, to break bread to break an object into two or more parts (in the NT κλάω and κλάσις are used exclusively for breaking bread) In some languages important distinctions are made for terms meaning ‘to break’ depending on the substance involved. For example, the breaking of a stick or a bone would require quite a different term from that used in speaking of breaking bread. Furthermore, the action of breaking bread would probably imply breaking into several pieces rather than a single break. Such a distinction may likewise require a special term.
MAT 14:19 · MAT 15:36 · MAT 26:26 · MRK 8:6 · MRK 8:19 · MRK 14:22 · LUK 22:19 · LUK 24:30 · ACT 27:35 · 1CO 10:16 · 1CO 11:24
23.20 · Physiological Processes and States · Eat, Drink
Collocation: ἄρτον κλάω
to eat a meal, to have a meal (an idiom, literally: to break bread) to eat a meal, without reference to any particular time of the day or to the type of food involved In some languages it is impossible to speak of ‘having a meal’ without indicating the time of day or the nature of the food consumed.
The implication of ‘eating together’ comes from the total context. ἐν δὲ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων συνηγμένων ἡμῶν κλάσαι ἄρτον ‘on the first day of the week we gathered together for a meal’ ACT 20:7. No doubt the reference in ACT 20:7 is to the ‘fellowship meal,’ called ‘agape,’ which constituted the early Christian form of the ‘Lord’s Supper.’ See 23.28.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλάω; 1 aor. ἔκλασα; Pass.,[ pres. ptep. κλώμενος, 1 Co. xi. 24 RG (see below)]; 1 aor. ἐκλάσθην (Ro. xi. 20 L Tr); [fr. Hom. down]; Το break: used in the N. T. of the breaking of bread (see doros, 1), Mt. xiv. 19; xv. 36; xxvi. 26; Mk. viii. 6; xiv. 22; Lk. xxii. 19; [xxiv. 30]; Acts ii. 46; xx. 7,11; xxvii. 35; 1 Co. x. 16; xi. 24; with εἴς twas added, a pregnant constr., equiv. to ‘to break and distribute among’ ete. (see eis, C. 1), Mk. viii. 19; metaph. τὸ σῶμα, shattered, as it were, by a violent death, 1 Co. xi. 24 RG. [Comp.: ék-, kata-KAdo. |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κλάω klaō 14x
to break off; in NT to break bread, Mt. 14:19; with figurative reference to the violent death of Christ, 1 Cor. 11:24
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κλάω,
[in LXX: Je 16:7 (פּרם), al.;]
to break, break in pieces: of bread, Mt 14:19 15:36 26:26, Mk 8:6 14:22, Lk 22:19 24:30, Ac 2:46 20:7, 11 27:35, I Co 10:16 11:24; seq. εἰς, c. acc. pers., Mk 8:19 (cf. ἐκ-, κατα-κλάω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κλάω. P Lips I. 3912 (A.D. 390) τύψας με [ἀν]ελεῶς κλά[σα]ς καὶ χεῖράν μου ws καὶ τὰ ὑπώπια (cf. τ Cor 957) ἔχω ad’ ὅλων Part IV. |
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κλάω (klaō) — to break. κλάω [ᾰ],
__A imperfect ἔκλων (κατ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future κλάσω [ᾰ] [Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist 1 ἔκλᾰσα, Epic dialect κλάσε [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, poetry aorist κλάσσατο [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, future κλασθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκλάσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect κέκλασμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist 2 participle κλάς (as if from κλῆμι) [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—break, break off, ἐξ ὕλης πτόρθον κλάσε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; break off the luxuriant shoots of the vine, [NT+4th c.BC+] __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+]; ἀπὸ δύο σημείων τῶν B, E κλάσαι τὴν ΒΝΞΕ [Refs]:—more frequently in passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+].; ἡ κεκλασμένη (i.e. γραμμή) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐὰν ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων κλασθῶσιν[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of visual rays, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of arteries, [Refs 1st c.AD+] their broken courses, [Refs] __A.3 metaphorically, break, weaken, frustrate, τὴν ἐλπίδα [Refs 1st c.AD+]perfect participle passive, κεκλασμένη φωνή weak, effeminate voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (also of the Siren's song, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ κεκλ. τῶν ὀμμάτων enfeebled eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κεκλ. μέλη varied by modulation, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ῥυθμὸς κεκλ. broken rhythm, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὸ κεκλ. καὶ παντοδαπόν (i.e. τῆς λέξεως) [Refs 1st c.BC+] __A.3.b of emotion, ἐκλάσθην πρὸς ἔλεον [Refs 1st c.AD+]