G4486: ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnymi)

G4486 ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnymi)

Greek

Quick Definition

ῥήγνυμι, ῥήσσω v. I break, break forth

Strong's Definition

both prolonged forms of rheko (which appears only in certain forms, and is itself probably a strengthened form of agnumi (see in 2608)) to "break," "wreck" or "crack", i.e. (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts; 2608 being its intensive (with the preposition in composition), and 2352 a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles, like 3089) or disrupt, lacerate; by implication, to convulse (with spasms); figuratively, to give vent to joyful emotions

KJV Usage: break (forth), burst, rend, tear

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ῥήγνυμι (G4486)

verb | fut. ῥήξω · aor. ἔρρηξα · impv. ῥῆξον | διαρρήγνυμι · περιρήγνυμι · προσρήγνυμι · ῥῆγμα

19.31 · Physical Impact · Split, Tear

to tear, to rip, to burst to tear, rip, or burst, either from internal or external forces, with the implication of sudden and forceful action

MAT 7:6 · MAT 9:17 · MRK 2:22 · LUK 5:37

33.85 · Communication · Speak, Talk

to begin to shout, to shout to suddenly break out into shouting In GAL 4:27 the combination ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον may be analyzed either as two expressions for shouting, for example, ‘break into shouting and shout,’ or ῥῆξον may function primarily as an aspectual qualifier of βόησον, so that the meaning of the expression ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον may be ‘break into shouting’ or ‘begin to shout,’ but the beginning of shouting would imply considerable energy, spontaneity, and suddenness. For this interpretation of ῥήγνυμι in GAL 4:27, see 68.81.

GAL 4:27

68.81 · Aspect · Rapidity, Suddenness

to break forth with, to burst into to do something rapidly and with considerable energy or effort For another interpretation of ῥήγνυμι in GAL 4:27, see 33.85.

GAL 4:27

23.168 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness

to throw down in convulsions, to throw into a fit to cause to fall to the ground in convulsions

MRK 9:18 · LUK 9:42

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ῥήγνυμι (Mt. ix. 17) and ῥήσσω (Hom. Il. 18, 571; 1K. xi. 31; Mk. ii. 22 RG@Lmrg.; ix. 18; [Lk. v. 37 Limrg.; (see below)]); fut. ῥήξω ; 1 aor. ἔρρηξα ; pres. pass. 3 pers. plur. ῥήγνυνται; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for ypa and DIP; to rend, burst or break asunder, break up, break through; a. univ.: τοὺς ἀσκούς, Mk. ii. 22; Lk. v. 37; pass. Mt. ix. 17; i. q. to tear in pieces [A.V. rend |: τινά, Mt. vii. 6. b. sc. εὐφροσύνην (previously chained up, as it were), to break forth into joy: Gal. iv. 27, after Is. liv. 1 (the full phrase is found in Is. xlix. 13; lii. 9; [ef. B. § 130, 5]; in class. Grk. ῥηγνύναι κλαυθμόν, οἰμωγήν, δάκρυα, esp. φωνήν is used of infants or dumb persons beginning to speak; cf. Passow s. v. 2, vol. ii. p. 1832"; [L. and 5. 8. v. I. 4 and 57). c. i. q. σπαράσσω, to distort, convulse: of a demon causing convulsions in a man possessed, Mk. ix. 18; Lk. ix. 42; in both pass. many [so R. V. txt.] explain it to dash down, hurl to the ground, (a common occurrence in cases of epilepsy) ; in this sense in Artem. oneir. 1, 60 a wrestler is said ῥῆξαι τὸν ἀντίπαλον. Hesych. gives ῥῆξαι" καταβαλεῖν. Also ῥῆξε: κατέβαλε. Cf. Kuinoel or Fritzsche on Mk. ix. 18. [Many hold that ῥήσσω in this sense is quite a different word from ῥήγνυμι (and its collat. or poet. pico), and akin rather to (the onomatopoetic) ἀράσσω, ῥάσσω, to throw or dash down; οἵ, Lobeck in Bttm. Ausf. Spr. § 114, s. v. ῥήγνυμι; Curtius, Das Verbum, pp- 162, 315; Schmidt, Syn. ch. 118, 7. See as exx. Sap. iv. 19; Herm. mand. 11,3; Const. apost. 6, 9 p. 165,14. Cf. προσρήγνυμι.) (Comp.: δια-, mept-, mpooῥήγνυμι.)" [Syn.: ῥήγνυμι, κατάγνυμι, θραύω: ᾧῥ. to rend, rend asunder, makes pointed reference to the separation of the parts; κ' to break, denotes the destruction of a thing’s unity or completeness; 6. to shatter, is suggestive of many fragments and minute dispersion. Cf. Schmidt ch. 115.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ῥήγνυμι rhēgnymi 1x

see ῥήσσω

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ῥήγνυμι and (Mk 9:18) ῥήσσω,

[in LXX chiefly for בּקע, also for קרע, etc. ;]

to rend, break asunder: Mt 7:6, Mk 2:22, Lk 5:37; pass., Mt 9:17.

Of the voice, c. acc., φωνήν, etc. (Hdt., al.), to break forth into speech: absol., Ga 4:27 (LXX).

= ῥάσσω (Dem., al.), to throw or dash down: Mk 9:18, Lk 9:42

(cf. δια-, περι-, προσ-ρήγνυμι).†

SYN.: θραύω, κατάγνυμι

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ῥήγνυμι (rhēgnumi) — to throw violently. ῥήγνῡμι or ῥηγνύω __A (ἀναρ- [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect κατ-ερρήγνυε [Refs 4th c.BC+]; later ῥήσσω, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀπο-, δια-ρρήσσεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥήττω, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect ῥήγνυσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ῥήξω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔρρηξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ἔρρηχα (δι-) [LXX]middle ῥήγνῠμαι, future ῥήξομαι, aorist ἐρρηξάμην, all in [Refs 8th c.BC+], present also in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐρρηξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ῥήξαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, subjunctive ῥήγνῡται [Refs 6th c.BC+]: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ῥηγνύατο [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future ῥᾰγήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐρράγην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ἐρρήχθην, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; δια-ρρηχθῇ (variant{-ρραγῇ}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἔρρηγμαι (συν-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but intransitive perfect ἔρρωγα is more frequently, see below with [Refs]; perfect participle feminine ἐρρηγεῖα, see below with [Refs]; masculine plural κατ-ερρηγότας [Refs 5th c.AD+] The word is hardly used by correct Attic dialect Prose-writers, except in passive:—break asunder, rend, shatter, τεῖχος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—later, especially rend garments, in sign of grief, ῥ. πέπλους [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἕλκεα make grievous wounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. ὀστᾶ, σάρκας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Ionic dialect and later Prose, ῥήγνυσι.. τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χιτῶνα [NT+5th c.BC+]:—middle, break for oneself, get broken, ὄρνυσθ᾽.. ῥήγνυσθε δὲ τεῖχος [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.2 break a line of battle or body of men, ῥ. φάλαγγα, ὅμιλον, στίχας ἀνδρῶν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ μέσον ῥῆξαι break through the centre, [Refs 5th c.BC+] broke through, [Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle, ῥήξασθαι φάλαγγας, στίχας, break oneself a way through the lines, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A.3 let break loose, ἔριδα ῥ. [Refs] __A.4 after [Refs 8th c.BC+] let loose the voice, of children and persons who have been dumb or silent, break into speech, speak out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ῥήξασθαι φωνήν, θρόον αὐδῆς, φθόγγον, utter, [Refs 4th c.AD+] cry aloud, [LXX]; see belowwith __A.5 also δακρύων ῥήξασα.. νάματα having let loose, having burst into floods of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλαυθμὸν ῥ. [LXX+1st c.AD+]; see below [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B passive, break, break asunder, burst, κῦμα ῥήγνυτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of clouds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥαγῆναί τι τῆς γῆς, as in an earthquake, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥήττονται ὑδρίαι (by the cold) [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τοῖς βασκάνοις εἶναι ῥήγνυσθαι may the envious burst, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.2 burst forth, like lightning, βροντὴ δ᾽ ἐρράγη δι᾽ ἀστραπῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.3 of ships, to be wrecked, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.4 of a stone, γράμματι ῥηγνύμενον scored with lettering, i.e. inscribed, Puchstein [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __C intransitive, like passive, break or burst forth, ἔρρηξεν ἔμετος [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἔρρωγα, to have broken out, ἔρρωγε παγὰ δακρύων [Refs 5th c.BC+]broken, disjointed, [Refs] __C.2 in literal sense, γῆ ἐρρηγεῖα (-υῖα) broken, arable, opposed to ἄρρηκτος, [Refs], cognate with Lithuanian rēžti 'cut, notch, furrow', rúožas 'stripe, streak, strip'.)