2608. katagnumi
Strong's Lexicon
katagnumi: To break, shatter

Original Word: καταγνύμι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: katagnumi
Pronunciation: kat-AG-noo-mee
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ag'-noo-mee)
Definition: To break, shatter
Meaning: I break down (in pieces), crush, break into.

Word Origin: From the Greek prefix κατα- (kata-, meaning "down" or "against") and the verb γνύμι (gnymi, meaning "to break").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H7665 (שָׁבַר, shabar): To break, shatter

- H5310 (נָפַץ, naphats): To shatter, break in pieces

Usage: The verb καταγνύμι is used in the New Testament to describe the act of breaking or shattering something. It conveys a sense of forceful or complete breaking, often implying destruction or the rendering of something into pieces. This term is used in contexts where physical breaking is involved, such as breaking bread or bones.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient world, breaking something often symbolized judgment or the end of a covenant. For example, breaking bread was a common practice in Jewish and early Christian meals, symbolizing fellowship and unity. The act of breaking could also signify the fulfillment of prophecy or divine intervention, as seen in the breaking of bones or objects as a sign of God's power or judgment.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2608: κατάγνυμι

κατάγνυμι: future κατεαξω; 1 aorist κατεαξα (impv. κάταξον, Deuteronomy 33:11); passive, 2 aorist κατεάγην, whence subjunctive 3 person plural κατεαγῶσιν; 1 aorist κατεαχθην in the Sept. Jeremiah 31:25 () 25; (on the syllabic augment of these forms cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 97f, cf. i., p. 323f; Matthiae, i., p. 520f; Winers Grammar, § 12, 2; (Curtius, Das Verbum, i., p. 118; Veitch, under the word; Kuenen and Cobet, N. T., Praef., p. lxxix.)); from Homer down; to break: τί, Matthew 12:20; John 19:31-33. (Synonym: see Schmidt, chapter 115, 5 and cf. ῤήγνυμι.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
break.

From kata and the base of rhegnumi; to rend in pieces, i.e. Crack apart -- break.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK rhegnumi

Forms and Transliterations
καταγεγραμμέναι καταγεγραμμένων κατάγραψον καταγράψω κατάξας κατάξεις κάταξον κατεαγωσιν κατεαγώσιν κατεαγῶσιν κατεαξαν κατέαξαν κατεαξει κατεάξει κατεάχθη κατέγραψας κατέγραψε kateagosin kateagôsin kateagōsin kateagō̂sin kateaxan katéaxan kateaxei kateáxei
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 12:20 V-AIA-3S
GRK: συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον
NAS: REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING
KJV: shall he not break, and smoking
INT: bruised not he shall break and a wick

John 19:31 V-ASP-3P
GRK: Πιλᾶτον ἵνα κατεαγῶσιν αὐτῶν τὰ
NAS: that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.
KJV: legs might be broken, and
INT: Pilate that might be broken their

John 19:32 V-AIA-3P
GRK: μὲν πρώτου κατέαξαν τὰ σκέλη
NAS: came, and broke the legs
KJV: and brake the legs
INT: indeed first broke the legs

John 19:33 V-AIA-3P
GRK: τεθνηκότα οὐ κατέαξαν αὐτοῦ τὰ
NAS: dead, they did not break His legs.
KJV: was dead already, they brake not his
INT: was dead not they did break his

Strong's Greek 2608
4 Occurrences


κατεαγῶσιν — 1 Occ.
κατέαξαν — 2 Occ.
κατεάξει — 1 Occ.

















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