Strong's Greek · G2608

G2608 katágnymi

κατάγνυμι

kat-ag'-noo-mee

to break

Looking for Hebrew H2608 Chănanyâh? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G2608. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

katágnymi appears 4 times in Scripture, in Matthew and John. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to rend in pieces, i.e. crack apart

In the King James Version

break

Derivation

from G2596 (κατά) and the base of G4486 (ῥήγνυμι);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

John 19:31

“It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.”

John 19:33

“But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.”

Matthew 12:20

“A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.”

John 19:32

“So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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