What does θραύω (thraúō) mean in the Bible?
θραύω (thraúō): To break or crush into pieces; used metaphorically of breaking oppressive burdens or bondage
Greek · G2352
θραύω
To crush
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θραύω G2352
Pronunciation thraúō
What does θραύω (thraúō) mean in the Bible?
θραύω (thraúō): To break or crush into pieces; used metaphorically of breaking oppressive burdens or bondage
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How does the BSB render G2352?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [the] oppressed (1).
Where does θραύω (thraúō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 4:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [the] oppressed 1× Luke 4:18
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Usage map
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First aligned row Luke 4:18
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
τεθραυσμένους 1x tethrausmenous Luke 4:18
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 4:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To break or crush into pieces; used metaphorically of breaking oppressive burdens or bondage
Strong's G2352
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 4:14-30 Source Gloss
to crush
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To break or crush into pieces; used metaphorically of breaking oppressive burdens or bondage
to break in pieces, shatter; metaphorically, to break down: Luk.4:18 (LXX).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 4:18 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Plural Masculine
τεθραυσμένους teqrausmenouv
I crush, break, shatter
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Perfect Voices Passive
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Perfect Passive Luke 4:18 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 1
Voice
passive 1
Mood
participle 1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
metaphorical use: to set free the oppressed and broken-hearted
Word Origins
θραύω is a primary verb - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain