Strong's Lexicon
G2608 — κατάγνυμι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2608 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κατάγνυμι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2596 and the base of G4486 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | katagnumi |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-ag'-noo-mee |
| Meaning: | 1. to rend in pieces, i.e. crack apart |
| KJV Renderings: | break |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάγνυμι: future κατεαξω; 1 aorist κατεαξα (impv. κάταξον, Deu 33:11); passive, 2 aorist κατεάγην, whence subjunctive 3 person plural κατεαγῶσιν; 1 aorist κατεαχθην in the Sept. Jer 31:25 () 25; (on the syllabic augment of these forms cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 97f, cf. i., p. 323f; Matthiae, i., p. 520f; Winers Grammar, § 12, 2; (Curtius, Das Verbum, i., p. 118; Veitch, under the word; Kuenen and Cobet, N. T., Praef., p. lxxix.)); from Homer down; to break: τί, Mat 12:20; Joh 19:31-33. (Synonym: see Schmidt, chapter 115, 5 and cf. ῤήγνυμι.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατάγνυμι (break)
Matthew 12:20
- KJV: A bruised reed shall he not break and smoking flax shall he not quench till he send forth judgment unto victory
- GK: κάλαμον συντετριμμένον ου κατεάξει και λίνον τυφόμενον ου σβέσει έως αν εκβάλη εις νίκος την κρίσιν
John 19:31
- KJV: The Jews therefore because it was the preparation that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day for that sabbath day was an high day besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and they might be taken away
- GK: οι ουν Ιουδαίοι ίνα μη μείνη επί του σταυρού τα σώματα εν τω σαββάτω επεί παρασκευή ην ην γαρ μεγάλη η ημέρα εκείνου του σαββάτου ηρώτησαν τον Πιλάτον ίνα κατεαγώσιν αυτών τα σκέλη και αρθώσιν
John 19:32
- KJV: Then came the soldiers and brake the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him
- GK: ήλθον ουν οι στρατιώται και του μεν πρώτου κατέαξαν τα σκέλη και του άλλου του συσταυρωθέντος αυτώ
John 19:33
- KJV: But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was dead already they brake not his legs
- GK: επί δε τον Ιησούν ελθόντες ως είδον αυτόν ήδη τεθνηκότα ου κατέαξαν αυτού τα σκέλη