GreekG7912Verb
καταρρήγνυμι
katarrēgnumi
“to break down”
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Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to break down, *τὴν γέφυραν *(Herdotus Historicus); *μέλαθρα *(Euripides)
2.to tear in pieces, rend, (Demosthenes Orator):—;Mid., *κατερρήξαντο τοὺς κιθῶνας *they rent their coats, (Herdotus Historicus)
3.in (Sophocles Tragicus) *τροπὰς καταρρήγνυσι *[ ἡ ἀναρχία] breaks up armies and turns them to flight.
4.Pass., aorist2 *κατερράγην *[ ᾶ], with perfect active κατέρρωγα:—; to be broken down, to be thrown down and broken, (Herdotus Historicus)
5.to fall or rush down, to break or burst out, of storms, (Herdotus Historicus); of tears, (Euripides):—;metaphorically, ὁ *πόλεμος κατερράγη *(Aristophanes Comicus)
6.to be broken in pieces, *Αἴγυπτος μελάγγαιός τε καὶ κατερρηγμένη *with black and crumbling soil, (Herdotus Historicus)
7.*καταράσσω *attic -*ττω *future ξω
8.to dash down, break in pieces, *τοὺς λοιπούς κατήραξεν ἐς τὸν Κιθαιρῶνα *drove them shattered to Cithaerae, (Herdotus Historicus); *τὸ στράτευμα κατηράχθη εἰς τὰ τειχίσματα *(Thucydides)
9.intransitive to fall down, fall headlong, (Plutarch)
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καταρρήγνυμι appears 0 times in the New Testament.
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