συνθλάω
synthláō · G4917 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to break into pieces, to shatter
To break or shatter a solid object into pieces, with the implication of destruction
ExamplesMatthew 21:44 “And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”
Luke 20:18 “Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- πίπτωto fall 2
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Near synonyms 1 word
- συντρίβω syntríbō · G4937 · to break into pieces, to shatter, to crush
- συνθλάω and συντρίβω both denote violent breaking or shattering. συνθλάω specifically emphasizes shattering through collision, while συντρίβω denotes crushing something completely, with figurative extension beyond the literal act; both converge on the core sense of violent breaking.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To break into pieces, to shatter19.39
- Jesus teaches, “the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him” (Matthew 21:44).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σύνθλω: 1 future passive συνθλασθήσομαι; to break to pieces, shatter (Vulg.confringo,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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