G4485: ῥῆγμα
rhēgma · “destruction”
Definition
something torn, i.e. a fragment (by implication and abstractly, a fall)
KJV translates it as: ruin
Word origin: from G4486 (ῥήγνυμι);
Extended definition
ῥῆγμα, -τος, τό
(ῥήγνυμι), [in LXX: 3Ki.11:30-31 12:24, 4Ki.2:12 (קֶרַע), Amo.6:12 (11) A (בְּקִיעַ) * ;]
1. cl. (and so in LXX), a fracture; then by meton., that which is torn.
2. In NT, ruin: Luk.6:49.†
(AS)
(ῥήγνυμι), [in LXX: 3Ki.11:30-31 12:24, 4Ki.2:12 (קֶרַע), Amo.6:12 (11) A (בְּקִיעַ) * ;]
1. cl. (and so in LXX), a fracture; then by meton., that which is torn.
2. In NT, ruin: Luk.6:49.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4485 is translated
- ruin ×1
Bible verses with G4485 (rhēgma)
Rhēgma appears in 1 verse.
- 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.