συντρίβω
suntribō
to break
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word συντρίβω (suntribō) is primarily defined as "to break." This verb is used eight times in the Bible, indicating its significance in various contexts. In its most basic sense, συντριβω refers to the physical act of breaking or shattering objects. However, its usage suggests a broader metaphorical range, encompassing the ideas of disruption, destruction, or shattering. This connotation is evident in its application to relationships (e.g., breaking up or severing ties), social structures (e.g., disrupting institutions), and even emotions (e.g., shattering one's spirit). The significance of συντριβω lies in its depiction of the consequences that arise from actions or events that cause division, disruption, or upheaval. By analyzing this word, we gain insight into how the Bible portrays and responds to turmoil, conflict, and chaos that can arise in various aspects of life.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
8 total occurrences across the text
He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.
Mark 5:4because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
Mark 14:3While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
Luke 9:39Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
John 19:36For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”
Romans 16:20And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Revelation 2:27He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father: