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Greek · G2806, G740

κλάσαι ἄρτον

To break (specially, of bread) · bread (as raised) or a loaf

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κλάω G2806 to break (specially, of bread)
Pronunciation kláō
Breaking bread, especially in liturgical/communal meals, signifies shared fellowship and covenant participation.
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ἄρτος G740 bread (as raised) or a loaf
Pronunciation ártos
Staple food source representing sustenance, or metaphorically Christ as life-giving spiritual nourishment in John 6.
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What does κλάσαι ἄρτον (klasai arton) mean in the Bible?

κλάω · ἄρτος is a Greek phrase meaning "Break bread".

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What does κλάω · ἄρτος mean in the Bible?

κλάω · ἄρτος is a Greek phrase meaning "Break bread".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2806, G740?

G2806, G740 is connected to 14 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. Break bread

Strong's G2806, G740
Lexical occurrences 14 verses Word forms 3 forms 14 references

Source Gloss

Break bread
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 3 Aligned forms 14 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Active
Tenses
Aorist Present
Voices
Active
Indicative states a fact or reality 8×
Aorist Active Matt 15:36 · Matt 26:26 · Mark 8:6 · Mark 14:22 · Luke 22:19 · 1 Cor 11:24 · Mark 8:19 7×
Present Active 1 Cor 10:16 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 5×
Aorist Active Matt 14:19 · Luke 24:30 · Acts 20:11 · Acts 27:35 4×
Present Active Acts 2:46 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Acts 20:7 1×
14 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 14 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 7 ongoing 1 infinitive 1 participle 5
Tense
aorist 12 present 2
Voice
active 14
Mood
indicative 8 participle 5 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 14:19 κλάσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 15:36 ἔκλασεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 26:26 ἔκλασεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 8:19 ἔκλασα aorist active indicative completed Mark 8:6 ἔκλασεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 14:22 ἔκλασεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 22:19 ἔκλασεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 24:30 κλάσας aorist active participle participle Acts 2:46 κλῶντές present active participle participle Acts 20:11 κλάσας aorist active participle participle Acts 20:7 κλάσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Acts 27:35 κλάσας aorist active participle participle 1 Corinthians 10:16 κλῶμεν present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 11:24 ἔκλασεν aorist active indicative completed

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)

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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