ΠΡΟΣΡΗΞΑΙ, προσρηξαι
PROSRĒXAI, prosrēxai
Sounds Like: pros-RAY-xai
Translations: to dash against, to break against, to strike against
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΡΗΓΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition πρός (pros), meaning 'to' or 'against', and the verb ῥήγνυμι (rhēgnymi), meaning 'to break' or 'to burst'. It describes the action of striking or dashing something forcefully against another object, often resulting in a breaking or shattering effect. It implies a violent impact.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4363 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 14:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΡΗΓΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΕΡΡΗΞΕΝ — burst against, dash against, break against, shatter against
- ΠΡΟΣΡΗΓΝΥΣ — to dash against, to break against, to burst against
- ΠΡΟΣΡΗΞΑΣ — having broken against, having dashed against, having burst against, having shattered against
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