Strong's Greek · G2608

κατάγνυμι

katágnymi

break

Definition

to rend in pieces, i.e. crack apart

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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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