περιῤῥήγνυμιperirrhḗgnymi
to break or tear off all around: frequently of garments, τ.
Greek (New Testament) · G4048
Meanings
ἱμάτια, Acts 16:22.
Same root
- περίperí · G4012properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
- ῥήγνυμιrhḗgnymi · G4486G2608 (κατάγνυμι) being its intensive (with the preposition in composition), and G2352 (θραύω) a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles, like G3089 (λύω)) or disrupt, lacerate; by implication, to convulse (with spasms); figuratively, to give vent to joyful emotions
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Acts 16:22 A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.