Strong's Greek Concordance

G4366: προσρήγνυμι

prosrḗgnymi · “to strike”

Definition

to tear towards, i.e. burst upon (as a tempest or flood)

KJV translates it as: beat vehemently against (upon)

Word origin: from G4314 (πρός) and G4486 (ῥήγνυμι);

Extended definition

προσ-ρήγνυμι
[in Aq.: Psa.2:9 * ;]
to break against, dash against;
(a) trans. (παιδία πέτραις, FlJ, Ant., ix, 4, 6);
(b) intrans., with dative: Luk.6:48-49 (cf. προσπίπτω).†
(AS)

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How G4366 is translated

  • burst upon ×1
  • burst ×1

Bible verses with G4366 (prosrḗgnymi)

Prosrḗgnymi appears in 2 verses.

  • Luke 6:48

    He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

  • Luke 6:49

    But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.