rhēgnymi · tear, burst

What it means

rhēgnymi (ῥήγνυμι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tear, burst”.

Tear, break apart, burst; also throw down, or break out in a cry.

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 tear something to pieces with force, or to burst open.
2. Break forth into shouts of joy.
3. To hurl to the ground.

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

How it is translated

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

• will burst ×2
• break forth ×1
• burst ×1
• it throws down ×1
• tear ×1
• threw down ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• Galatians×1

• Matthew 7:6

  “Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before the pigs, so that they will not trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

• Matthew 9:17

  Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

• Mark 2:22

  And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins; but new wine into new wineskins.”

• Mark 9:18

  and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I told your disciples to drive it out, and they were not strong enough.”

• Luke 5:37

  And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

• Luke 9:42

  And while he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

• Galatians 4:27

  For it is written: Rejoice, barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; because many are the children of the desolate one, more than of her who has a husband.