To throw violently · it/s/he
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ῥήγνυμι · αὐτός is a Greek phrase meaning "to "break," "wreck" or "crack", i.e. (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts; being its intensive (with the preposition in composition), and a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles, like ) or disrupt, lacerate; by implication, to convulse (with spasms); figuratively, to give vent to joyful emotions".
Full entry for ἔρρηξεν αὐτὸν (G4486, G846) · Open the biblical lexicon
e. (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts; being its intensive (with the preposition in composition), and a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles, like ) or disrupt, lacerate; by implication, to convulse (with spasms); figuratively, to give vent to joyful emotions".
G4486, G846 is connected to 7 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Greek phrase. to "break," "wreck" or "crack", i.e. (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts; being its intensive (with the preposition in composition), and a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles, like ) or disrupt, lacerate; by implication, to convulse (with spasms); figuratively, to give vent to joyful emotions
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How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
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