ἈΠΕΡΡΗΞΑΝ, ἀπερρηξαν
APERHRĒXAN, aperhrēxan
Sounds Like: ah-per-RAYK-san
Translations: they broke off, they tore away, they burst asunder, they rent
From the root: ἈΠΟΡΡΗΓΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb in the third person plural, aorist active indicative form. It means 'they broke off' or 'they tore away' something. It describes an action of separating or detaching something forcefully, often implying a violent or sudden rupture. It can be used to describe breaking chains, tearing garments, or bursting forth.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0629 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:73
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΡΡΗΓΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΡΡΑΓΕΙΗ — may be broken off, may be torn away, may be separated, may be rent asunder
- ἈΠΟΡΡΑΓΕΝΤΑ — torn off, broken off, burst forth, detached, separated
- ἈΠΟΡΡΑΓΕΝΤΕΣ — broken off, torn away, ruptured, having been broken off, having been torn away
- ἈΠΟΡΡΑΓΗΝΑΙ — to be torn away, to be broken off, to be rent asunder, to be torn, to be broken
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