G4937: συντρίβω (syntríbō)

G4937 συντρίβω (syntríbō)

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Quick Definition

συντρίβω v. I break by crushing

Strong's Definition

from 4862 and the base of 5147; to crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: break (in pieces), broken to shivers (+ -hearted), bruise

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

συντρίβω (G4937)

verb | pf.pass.inf. συντετρῖφθαι · ptc. συντετριμμένος | τρίβω (rub) · τρίβος

19.39 · Physical Impact · Break, Break Through

to break into pieces, to shatter to break or shatter a solid object into pieces, with the implication of destruction

MRK 5:4 · MRK 14:3 · JHN 19:36 · REV 2:27

19.46 · Physical Impact · Press

to crush, to bruise to cause damage to an object by crushing It is difficult to know precisely what the reference is in the use of συντρίβω in LUK 9:39. The obvious result is severe pain, but it is not possible to tell precisely what symptoms are involved in what is described as being crushed by the demon.

MAT 12:20 · LUK 9:39

39.53 · Hostility, Strife · Conquer

to completely overcome, to crush (a figurative extension of meaning of συντρίβω[b] ‘to crush,’ 19.46) to overcome, with the resulting crushing of the power of the opposition

ROM 16:20

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

συν-τρίβω, ptep. neut. -rpiBov Lk. ix. 39 RG Tr, -rpiBov |, T WH (cf. Veitch 8. v. τρίβω, fin.) ; fut. συντρίψω; 1 aor. συνέτριψα ; Pass., pres. συντρίβομαι ; pf. inf. σὺυντετρίφθαι [RG Tr WH; but -τρῖφθαι LT (cf. Veitch τι. s.)], ptep. συντετριμμένος ; 2 fut. συντριβήσομαι; fr. Hat. [(?), Eurip.] down; Sept. very often for 12t; to break, to break in meces, shiver, [ef. σύν, 11. 3]: κάλαμον, Mt. xii. 20; ras πέδας, pass. Mk. v. 4; τὸ ἀλάβαστρον (the sealed orifice of the vase [cf. BB. DD. s. v. Alabaster]), Mk. xiv. 3; ὀστοῦν, pass. Jn. xix 86 (Ex. xii. 46; Ps. XXXxiii. (kxxiv.) 21); τὰ σκεύη, Rev. ii. 27; to tread down: tov Σατανᾶν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας (by a pregn. constr. [W. § 66, 2 d.]), to put Satan under foot and (as a conqueror) trample on him, Ro. xvi. 20; to break down, crush : τινά, to tear one’s body and shatter one’s strength, Lk. ix. 39. Pass. to suffer extreme sorrow and be, as it were, crushed: of συντετριμμένοι τὴν καρδίαν [cf. W. 229 (215)], i. q. of ἔχοντες τὴν καρδίαν συντετριμμένην, [A. V the broken-hearted], Lk. iv. 18 Ree. fr. Is. lxi. 1 ([ef. Ps. Xxxiil. (xxxiv.) 19; exlvi. (exlvii.) 3, ete.]; συντριβῆναι τῇ διανοίᾳ, Polyb. 21, 10, 2; 31, 8, 11; τοῖς φρονήμασι, Diod. 11, 18 ; [ταῖς ἐλπίσιν, 4.600 ; ταῖς ψυχαῖς, 16, 51]).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

συντρίβω syntribō 7x

to rub together; to shiver, Mk. 14:3; Rev. 2:27; to break, break in pieces, Mk. 5:4; Jn. 19:36; to break down, crush, bruise, Mt. 12:20; met. to break the power of any one, deprive of strength, debilitate, Lk. 9:39; Rom. 16:20*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

συν-τρίβω

[in LXX chiefly for שׁבר ;]

to shatter, break in pieces: Mt 12:20 (LXX), Mk 5:4 14:3, Jo 19:36 (LXX), Re 2:27; of persons and parts of the body, to break, crush, bruise: Lk 9:39; fig., Ro 16:20.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

συντρίβω is used figuratively ‘‘ bruise,” ‘‘crush,” as in Rom τό, in P Petr II. 4(3)° (B.c. 255-4), where certain workmen complain, ἐλθόντων ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα συνετριβόμεθα. For the meaning ‘‘break down,” ‘‘shatter,’”’ as in Mk 58, cf. P Par 3558 (B.c. 163) (= UPZ i. p. 30) ἐσκύλησεν τὸν ναὸν ὥστε κινδυνεῦσαι kal συντρῖψαι αὐτόν, and P Tebt I. “5 (B.C. 113) οὐδενὶ κόσμωι χρησάμενοι συντρίψαντες τὴν παρόδιον θύραν, ““ throwing off all restraint knocked down the street door” (Edd.), and so 471% 18, We may add from the inscrr. Sy// 807 (=*1173)!® (after A.D. 138) where a blind soldier is enjoined to take blood of a white cock, together with honey, and συντρῖψαι καὶ ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐπιχρεῖσαι ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, ‘rub them into an eye-salve and anoint his eyes three days”’ (see Deissmann ZA£Z?*, p. 135), and 26. 802 (= %1168)*® (c. A.D, 320) τὰ συντετριμμένα σ[κε]ύη. See also Menander *Emutpém. 667 συντρίβει oe, “he plays havoc with you.” With LXX 3 Kingd 1911, cf. Wiinsch 4F p. 2218 (iii/A.D.) ὁρκίζω σε τὸν συντρείβοντα τὰς πέτρας.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

συντρίβω (suntribō) — to break. συντρίβω [ῑ] rub together, σ. τὰ πυρεῖα rub dry sticks together to procure a light, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; grind, φάρμακα (for paints) [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κολλύριον [Refs]

II. shatter, shiver to atoms, τοὺς χόας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. [τὰς ναῦς] stave them in, by running them aground, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δόρατα, τὴν ἀσπίδα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ποτήρια [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, συντρῐβέντων τῶν σκευῶν, of a ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; [νῆες] συντετριμμέναι, opposed to τελέως διεφθαρμέναι, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.2. of persons, beat to a jelly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of parts of the body, crush, shiver, λίθῳ σ. τὸ μέτωπον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὰ.. τοῦ σώματος μέρη συντετρῖφθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. b with genitive partis, συντρῖψαι τῆς κεφαλῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ξυντριβῆναι τῆς κεφαλῆς to have one's head broken (compare κατάγνυμι near the end), [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. metaphorically, shatter, crush, τὴν ἐπίνοιαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν πέσῃ.., πλεῖστα συντρίβει καλά [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κινδυνεύσει συντριβῆναι τὰ πράγματα [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; συνετρίβη ἡ καρδία[LXX]