Word

διαῤῥήσσω

diarrhḗssō · G1284 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to tear, to rip

To tear or rip in two (as of clothing)

Examples
Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? See, you have now heard the blasphemy;
Mark 14:63 Tearing his clothes, the high priest said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?
Luke 5:6 And when they had done this, they caught a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to tear;

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated (participle) 3
δίκτυονnet 1
ἀρχιερεύςchief priest, high priest 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ἱμάτιονclothing 2
δεσμόνbonds 1
χιτώνtunic 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τότεthen 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 4 words

קָרַע qâraʻ · H7167 · to tear, to rend, to cut: Hebrew קָרַע and Greek διαῤῥήσσω both denote the physical action of tearing or rending cloth, garments, or other materials, with shared use in contexts of mourning, emotional distress, and violent destruction; the Greek term emphasizes the completed tearing-through action (dia- prefix indicating thoroughness), while the Hebrew encompasses both ritual tearing and broader rending contexts.
בָּקַע bâqaʻ · H1234 · to be split, to be cleft, to be breached: Hebrew בָּקַע encompasses broader splitting/cleaving contexts (earth splitting, wood cleaving, birthing), while Greek διαῤῥήσσω more specifically denotes violent tearing apart (garments, bonds, demoniacs breaking restraints), though both share the core semantic of forceful separation or rupture.
נָתַק nâthaq · H5423 · to pull off, to tear off, to wrench off: Greek διαῤῥήσσω specifically denotes violent tearing/rending action, while Hebrew נָתַק encompasses a broader semantic range of forcible separation including breaking off, bursting, and uprooting, with the two overlapping in contexts of forcible rupture or tearing apart.
פָּרַם pâram · H6533 · to rend, to tear: Greek διαῤῥήσσω (to tear asunder) and Hebrew פָּרַם (rend) denote the same violent tearing action, representing direct translation equivalents for the concept of forceful ripping or tearing apart.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To tear, to rip19.32: Used of ripping cloth as a gesture of grief or outrage, as of the high priest tearing his robes at Jesus' words in Matthew 26:65 and Mark 14:63, the disciples' nets beginning to tear from the great catch of fish in Luke 5:6, and Barnabas and Paul tearing their robes and rushing into the crowd in Acts 14:14.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ῥήγνυμι rhḗgnymi · G4486 · to tear, to rip, to burst · 7×διαῤῥήσσωdiarrhḗssō · G1284κατάγνυμι katágnymi · G2608 · to break · 4×προσρήγνυμι prosrḗgnymi · G4366 · to strike against, to burst against · 2×ῥάκος rhákos · G4470 · patch · 2×περιῤῥήγνυμι perirrhḗgnymi · G4048 · to tear off, to strip off · 1×ῥῆγμα rhēgma · G4485 · destruction, crash · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon and διαρρήσσω (Lk 8:29 (R G; see below)); 1 aorist διέρρηξα; imperfect passive 3 person…

and διαρρήσσω (Lk 8:29 (R G; see below)); 1 aorist διέρρηξα; imperfect passive 3 person singular διερρήγνυτο (Lk 5:6, where Lachmann text διερηγνυτο and T Tr WH διερησσετο (L marginal reading διερρήσσετο), also L T Tr WH διαρησσων in Lk 8:29; (WH have διερηξεν in Mt 26:65, and διαρηξας in Mk 14:68; see their Appendix, p. 163. and under the word P, π)); to break asunder, burst through, rend asunder: τά δεσμά, Lk 8:29; τό δίκτυον, passive, Lk 5:6; τά ἱμάτια, χιτῶνας, to rend, which was done by the Jews in extreme indignation or in deep grief (cf. B. D. under the word , 4): Mt 26:65; Mk 14:63; Acts 14:14, cf. Gen 37:29, Gen 37:34, etc.; 1 Macc. 11:71; Josephus, b. j. 2, 15, 4. (the Sept. (Homer), Sophocles, Xenophon, subsequent writings.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Split, Tear5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0