G4048
G4048 — περιρῥήγνυμι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
perirrhegnumi (per-ir-rhayg'-noo-mee) v.
1. to tear all around, i.e. completely away
[from G4012 and G4486]
KJV: rend off
Root(s): G4012, G4486
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
rend off
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιρρήγνυμι (L T Tr WH περιρήγνυμι, with one rho ῥ; see the preceding word): 1 aorist participle plural περιρρήξαντες; (περί and ῤήγνυμι); to break off on all sides, break off all round (cf. περί, III. 1): τό ἱμάτιον, to rend or tear off all around, Act 16:22. So of garments also in 2Ma 4:38 and often in secular authors; Aeschylus sept. 329; Demosthenes, p. 403, 3; Polybius 15, 33, 4; Diodorus 17, 35.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
περιρρήγνυμι (rend off)
Acts 16:22
- KJV: And the multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates rent off their clothes and commanded to beat
- GK: και συνεπέστη ο όχλος κατ΄ αυτών και οι στρατηγοί περιρρήξαντες τα ιμάτια αυτών εκέλευον ραβδίζειν