Greek verb · G4486
G4486
to rend, break asunder; Of the voice, with accusative, φωνήν, etc. (Hdt., al.); = ῥήσσω (Dem., al.)
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4486is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4486
to "break," "wreck" or "crack", i.e. to sunder (by separation of the parts
The King James renders it: break (forth), burst, rend, tear.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
G4486 is rendered "to rend, break asunder; Of the voice, with accusative, φωνήν, etc. (Hdt., al.); = ῥήσσω (Dem., al.)". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to rend, break asunder".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 7:6ῥήξωσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to rend, break asunder, and Of the voice, with accusative, φωνήν, etc. (Hdt., al.), and = ῥήσσω (Dem., al.).
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to rend, break asunderMat.7:6, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37; pass., Mat.9:17. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do… |
| Of the voice, with accusative, φωνήν, etc. (Hdt., al.)to break forth into speech | Tagged as
| WhereGalatians 4:27For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud… |
| = ῥήσσω (Dem., al.)to throw or dash down | Tagged as
| WhereMark 9:18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ῥήξει2
- ἔρρηξεν1
- ῥήγνυνται1
- ῥῆξον1
- ῥήξωσιν1
- ῥήσσει1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-AAS-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PPI-3P
Matthew
two uses
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- ῥήξωσινrhexosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may tear to pieces
Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
- ῥήγνυνταιrhegnuntaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are burst
Mark
two uses
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
- ῥήξειrhexeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will burst
Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
- ῥήσσειrhesseiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it throws down
Luke
two uses
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
- ῥήξειrhexeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will burst
Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
- ἔρρηξενerrexenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: threw down
Galatians
one use
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
- ῥῆξονrhexonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do break forth
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.