klaō · break

What it means

klaō (κλάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “break”.

Especially bread.

How to say it

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. To divide bread to share it.

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

How it is translated

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

• he broke it ×4
• break ×2
• breaking ×2
• breaking it ×2
• he broke them ×2
• I broke ×1
• broken ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×3
• Luke×2
• Acts×4
• 1 Corinthians×2

• Matthew 14:19

  And ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed; and breaking them, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

• Matthew 15:36

  he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and was giving them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.

• Matthew 26:26

  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessing, he broke it and giving it to the disciples, he said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

• Mark 8:6

  And he directs the crowd to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves and giving thanks, he broke them and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.

• Mark 8:19

  when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They say to him, “Twelve.”

• Mark 14:22

  And as they were eating, taking bread and blessing, he broke it and gave it to them and said, “Take; this is my body.”

• Luke 22:19

  And taking bread, and giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

• Luke 24:30

  And it happened, when he reclined at table with them, that taking the bread, he blessed it, and breaking it, he began giving it to them.

• Acts 2:46

  And every day continuing with one mind in the temple and breaking bread at home, they shared food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

• Acts 20:7

  And on the first day of the week, when we were gathered to break bread, Paul was speaking to them, intending to depart the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

• Acts 20:11

  And when he had gone up and broken bread and eaten, and talked with them a long while, until daybreak, then he departed.

• Acts 27:35

  And after saying these things and taking bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and breaking it he began to eat.

• 1 Corinthians 10:16

  The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of the Messiah? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of the Messiah?

• 1 Corinthians 11:24

  and after giving thanks he broke it and said, This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.