G4937: συντρίβω
syntríbō · “to break”
Definition
to crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: break (in pieces), broken to shivers (+ -hearted), bruise
Word origin: from G4862 (σύν) and the base of G5147 (τρίβος);
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁבַר ;]
to shatter, break in pieces: Mat.12:20 (LXX), Mrk.5:4 14:3, Jhn.19:36" (LXX), Rev.2:27; of persons and parts of the body, to break, crush, bruise: Luk.9:39; figuratively, Rom.16:20.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4937 is translated
- bruised ×2
- to have been shattered, ×1
- having broken ×1
- bruising ×1
- will be broken ×1
- will crush ×1
- are broken in pieces ×1
Bible verses with G4937 (syntríbō)
Syntríbō appears in 8 verses.
- Matthew 12:20
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
- Mark 5:4
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
- Mark 14:3
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
- Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- Luke 9:39
And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
- John 19:36
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
- Romans 16:20
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
- Revelation 2:27
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.