Strong's Greek · G4937
συντρίβω
syntríbō
break (in pieces), broken to shivers (+ -hearted), bruise
Definition
to crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively)
Derivation
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.”
“Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.””
“The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”
“A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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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).