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G4366 προσρήγνυμι (prosrḗgnymi)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I dash against

Strong's Definition

to tear towards, i.e. burst upon (as a tempest or flood)

Derivation: from G4314 (πρός) and G4486 (ῥήγνυμι);

KJV Usage: beat vehemently against (upon)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

προσρηγγνυμι, and in later writings (Winer's Grammar, 22) προσρήσσω; 1 aorist προσέρρηξα R G L, προσερηξα T Tr WH (see Rho); to break against, break by dashing against: παιδία ἀπολεῖς προσρηγνυς πέτραις, Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 6; λέοντα προσρηξας τῇ γῆ, 6, 9, 3; intransitive, (cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; (Buttmann, § 130, 4)): ὁ ποταμός τῇ οἰκία, Luk_6:48 (49; Mat_7:27 L marginal reading): in the passive, τῇ ἄκρα ἡ τά κύματα προσρήσσεται, Antoninus 4, 49.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

προσρήσσω prosrēssō 2x also spelled προσρήγνυμι , to break or burst upon, dash against, Luk_6:48-49

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† προσ -ρήγνυμι , [in Aq .: Psa_2:9 * ;] to break against, dash against; (a) trans. (παιδία πέτραις , FlJ , Ant., ix, 4, 6); (b) intrans ., c . dat .: Luk_6:48-49 ( cf. προσπίπτω ).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

προσρήγνυμι [page 551] dash against, Luk_6:48 f. : cf. M. Anton. iv. 49 ὅμοιον εἶναι τῇ ἄκρᾳ ᾗ διηνεκῶς τὰ κύματα προσρήσσεται , be like the promontory whereon the waves break unceasingly.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

προσρήγνυμι and -ύω fut. -ρήξω "to dash or beat against" (intr.), προσέρρηξεν ὁ ποταμὸς τῇ οἰκίᾳ NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

προσ-ρήγνυμι [in Aq.: Psa.2:9 * ;] to break against, dash against; __(a) trans. (παιδία πέτραις, FlJ, Ant., ix, 4, 6); __(b) intrans., with dative: Luk.6:48-49 (cf. προσπίπτω).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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