συντρίβω
suntribō
“to break”
Definition
to crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively)
from G4862 (σύν) and the base of G5147 (τρίβος);
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Occurrences
συντρίβω appears 8 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,because He has anointed Meto preach good news to the poor.He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind,to release the oppressed,
A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.
A bruised reed He will not break,and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish,till He leads justice to victory.
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
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