κατάγνυμι
katagnymi · break
Greek word · Strong’s number G2608 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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katagnymi (κατάγνυμι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “break”.
Smash.
How to say it
ka·tag·ny·mi
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
- Shatter bones or something fragile.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- break ×2
- be broken ×1
- broke ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 12:20
A crushed reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not put out, until he brings justice to victory;
- John 19:31
So the Jews, since it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath day was a great one), asked Pilate that their legs be broken and that they be taken away.
- John 19:32
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him;
- John 19:33
but when they came to Jesus, as they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.