ΠΕΡΙΕΡΡΗΞΑΝΤΟ, περιερρηξαντο
PERIERHRĒXANTO, perierhrēxanto
Sounds Like: peh-ree-ER-rayk-SAHN-toh
Translations: they tore off, they tore around, they tore in pieces, they tore their clothes
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΡΡΗΓΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from περί (peri, meaning 'around' or 'about') and ῥήγνυμι (rhēgnymi, meaning 'to tear' or 'to break'). It means to tear something around or completely, often referring to tearing one's clothes as a sign of grief, distress, or indignation. It is used to describe an action performed by a group of people.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Middle Voice, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G4063 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 15:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΡΡΗΓΝΥΜΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΡΡΗΓΜΕΝΟΣ — torn around, torn off, torn to pieces, rent
- ΠΕΡΙΡΗΞΑΝΤΕΣ — tearing off, having torn off, ripping off, having ripped off
- ΠΕΡΙΡΗΞΑΣ — having torn around, having torn off, having rent
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΗΓΝΥΤΑΙ — is torn around, is torn off, is rent asunder, is broken up
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΗΞΑΜΕΝΗ — having torn around, having torn off, having torn away, having rent, having burst
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΗΞΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having torn around, having torn off, having torn completely, having rent
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΗΞΑΜΕΝΩ — (to) having torn around, (to) having rent around, (to) having ripped around
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΗΞΑΣΑ — having torn around, having torn off, having torn in pieces, having rent
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