ΣΥΝΘΡΥΨΑΙ, συνθρυψαι
SYNTHRYPSAI, synthrypsai
Sounds Like: soon-THROOP-sai
Translations: to break in pieces, to crush, to shatter, to bruise
From the root: ΣΥΝΘΡΥΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΣΥΝ (together with) and the verb ΘΡΥΠΤΩ (to break, to shatter). It means to completely break something into many pieces, to crush it thoroughly, or to shatter it. It implies a forceful and complete destruction of an object's integrity.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4937 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 10:207
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΘΡΥΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΘΡΥΠΤΟΝΤΕΣ — breaking, crushing, bruising, shattering
- ΣΥΝΘΡΥΠΤΩ — to break in pieces, to crush, to shatter, to break down, to break up
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