περι-ρρήγνυμι (1, Τ Tr WH περιρ., with one p; see the preceding word) : 1 aor. ptep. plur. περιρρήξαντες ; (περί and ῥήγνυμι) ; to break off on all sides, break off all round, [ef. περί, III. 1]: τὸ ἱμάτιον, to rend or tear off all around, Acts xvi. 22. So of garments also in 2 Mace. iv. 38 and often in prof. auth.; Aeschyl. sept. 329; Dem. p- 403, 3; Polyb. 15, 33, 4; Diod. 17, 35.

περιρήγνυμι perirēgnymi 1x

also spelled περιρρήγνυμι, to break or tear all around; to strip off, Acts 16:22*

** περι-ρήγνυμι (Rec. -ρρ-, v. supr.),

[in LXX: II Mac 4:38*;]

to break or tear off all around: freq. of garments, τ. ἱμάτια, Ac 16:22.†

περιρήγνυμι. In Ac 16” περιρρήξαντες is generally understood (AV, RV) of ‘stripping off’’ the garments of the prisoners in preparation for a beating (cf. 2 Macc 438). Ramsay, however, refers the action to the Praetors themselves, ‘‘ rent their clothes in loyal horror, with the fussy, consequential airs that Horace satirises in the would-be Praetor of a country town (Sat. I. 5, 34)” (Paul, p. 219). The verb is thus taken as practically synonymous with the well-known διαρρήσσω with ἱμάτια, χιτῶνας (Mt 2655, a/.), as expressive of a gesture of horror. In support of this rendering Mr. K. L. Clarke kindly refers us to Acta Thomae 63 (LipsiusBonnet II. ii. 180) τὴν ἐσθῆτα περιέρρηξα καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ τὴν ὄψιν ἐπάταξα, and cites Cyril’s note on Ac 1413 ἔθος ἐστὶν ᾿Ιουδαίοις ἐπὶ ταῖς κατὰ θεοῦ δυσφημίαις περιρηγνύναι τὰ ἱμάτια (Cramer’s Catena 71 loc.).

περιρρήγνυμι (perirrēgnumi) — to strip off. περιρρήγνῡμι and περιρρηγνύω [Refs 1st c.AD+], break off all round, τὸν γήλοφον κύκλῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently of clothes, rend and tear off, τὸν χιτωνίσκον [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also with accusative person, strip, [Refs 1st c.BC+] —middle, περιερρήξατο τοὺς πέπλους tore off her own garments, [Refs 1st c.AD+] —passive, with aorist 2 -ερράγην, intransitive perfect περιέρρωγα, περιρρηγνυμένων φαρέων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the case or membrane that encloses pupa or shellfish, περιρρήγνυται τὸ κέλυφος [Refs 4th c.BC+] (so in active, ἡ σχάδων.. τὸν ὑμένα περιρρήξας (sic) ἐκπέταται[Refs].—middle, τὰ ζῷα τὰ ἐκ τῶν σκωλήκων περιρρηγνύμενα[Refs]; of dead flesh, break away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. cause a stream to break or divide round a piece of land, [Βούσιρις] τὸν Νεῖλον περὶ τὴν χώραν περιέρρηξε [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τοῦ Δέλτα κατὰ τὸ ὀξὺ περιρρήγνυται ὁ Νεῖλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βρονταὶ περιερρήγνυντο kept breaking round a place, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

III. break a thing round or on another, wreck, τὸ σκαφίδιον πρὸς πέτραν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

IV. ὄρος περιερρωγός broken all round, i.e. precipitous, [Refs 1st c.BC+]