Greek verb · G4937
συντρίβω
syntribosoon-tree'-bo
to break
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: syntríbō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4937is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4937
to crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: break (in pieces), broken to shivers (+ -hearted), bruise.
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
syntribo is rendered "to break". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:20A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
Matthew 12:20συντετριμμένον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- are broken in pieces1
- bruised1
- bruising1
- having broken1
- to have been shattered1
- will be broken1
- will crush1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| συντελέω | synteleo | to complete | Uses6 |
| συντέλεια | synteleia | consummation | Uses6 |
| συντάσσω | syntasso | to direct | Uses3 |
| συντηρέω | syntereo | to preserve | Uses3 |
| συντρέχω | syntrecho | to flock | Uses3 |
| συντίθεμαι | syntithemai | to agree | Uses3 |
| συντέμνω | syntemno | to cut short | Uses1 |
| συντόμως | syntomos | concisely | Uses1 |
| σύντριμμα | syntrimma | ruin | Uses1 |
| σύντροφος | syntrophos | brought up with | Uses1 |
| συντυγχάνω | syntynchano | to meet with | Uses1 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- συντετριμμένον1
- συντετρῖφθαι1
- συντρίβεται1
- συντριβήσεται1
- συντρῖβον1
- συντρίψασα1
- συντρίψει1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-2FPI-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-AAP-NSF
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1V-PAP-NSN
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PPI-3S
- verb · perfect passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-RPN
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-RPP-ASM
Matthew
one use
A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
- συντετριμμένονsuntetrimmenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: bruised
Mark
two uses
Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.
- συντετρῖφθαιsuntetriphthaiverb · perfect passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have been shattered
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
- συντρίψασαsuntripsasaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having broken
Luke
one use
A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.
- συντρῖβονsuntribonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: bruising
John
one use
Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
- συντριβήσεταιsuntribesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be broken
Romans
one use
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- συντρίψειsuntripseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will crush
Revelation
one use
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
- συντρίβεταιsuntribetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: are broken in pieces
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.