διαῤῥήσσω

diarrhēssō · tear

Greek word · Strong’s number G1284 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

diarrhēssō (διαῤῥήσσω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tear”.

Rip apart.

How to say it

di·ar·rhēs·sō

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Rip the clothes; burst.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • tearing ×2
  • tore ×2
  • breaking ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 26:65

    Then the high priest tore his garments, saying, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

  • Mark 14:63

    And the high priest, tearing his garments, says, “What further need do we have of witnesses?

  • Luke 5:6

    And when they had done this, they enclosed a great number of fish, and their nets were tearing.

  • Luke 8:29

    For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserted places.

  • Acts 14:14

    But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out