Word Summary
thrauō: to break in pieces
Original Word: θραύωTransliteration: thrauō
Phonetic Spelling: (throw'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to break in pieces
Meaning: to break in pieces
Strong's Concordance
crush, bruise, oppress
A primary verb; to crush -- bruise. Compare rhegnumi.
see GREEK rhegnumi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2352: θραύωθραύω: perfect passive participle
τεθραυσμένος; from (
Herodotus),
Aeschylus down,
to break, break in pieces, shatter, smite through (
Exodus 15:6;
Numbers 24:17, etc.; 2 Macc. 15:16):
τεθραύσμενοι, broken by calamity (
A. V. bruised),
Luke 4:18 (19) from
Isaiah 58:6 for
רְצוּצִים. (Synonym: see
ῤήγνυμι.)