κατάγνυμι

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κατάγνυμι

Greek transliteration

katagnymi

Simplified transliteration

katagnymi

Principal Parts

κατεάξω, κατέαξα, -, -, κατεάγην

Strong's number

2608

GK Number

2862

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

cv-3c(2)

Gloss

to break

Definition

to break in pieces, crush, break in two, Mt. 12:20; Jn. 19:31, 32, 33*

Matthew 12:20	A shattered reed he (kateaxei \| κατεάξει \| fut act ind 3 sg) will (kateaxei \| κατεάξει \| fut act ind 3 sg) not break (kateaxei \| κατεάξει \| fut act ind 3 sg), and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, until he brings justice to victory.
John 19:31	Then, since it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken (kateagōsin \| κατεαγῶσιν \| aor pass subj 3 pl) and their bodies taken down.
John 19:32	So the soldiers came and broke (kateaxan \| κατέαξαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) the legs of the first man, then those of the other one who had been crucified with him.
John 19:33	But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they (kateaxan \| κατέαξαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) did (kateaxan \| κατέαξαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) not break (kateaxan \| κατέαξαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) his legs.

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