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Lexicon :: Strong's G4937 - syntribō

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συντρίβω
Transliteration
syntribō (Key)
Pronunciation
soon-tree'-bo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From σύν (G4862) and the base of τρίβος (G5147)
mGNT
7x in 7 unique form(s) TR
8x in 8 unique form(s) LXX
175x in 40 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:919,1124

Strong’s Definitions

συντρίβω syntríbō, soon-tree'-bo; from G4862 and the base of G5147; to crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively):—break (in pieces), broken to shivers (+ -hearted), bruise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G4937 in the following manner: bruise (3x), break (2x), broken to shivers (1x), brokenhearted (with G2588) (1x), break in pieces (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G4937 in the following manner: bruise (3x), break (2x), broken to shivers (1x), brokenhearted (with G2588) (1x), break in pieces (1x).

  1. break, to break in pieces, shiver

  2. to tread down

    1. to put Satan under foot and (as a conqueror) trample on him

    2. to break down, crush

      1. to tear one's body and shatter one's strength

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
συντρίβω syntríbō, soon-tree'-bo; from G4862 and the base of G5147; to crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively):—break (in pieces), broken to shivers (+ -hearted), bruise.
STRONGS G4937:
συντρίβω, participle neuter συντρῖβον Luke 9:39 R G Tr, συντρῖβον L T WH (cf. Veitch, under the word τρίβῳ, at the end); future συντρίψω; 1 aorist συνέτριψα; passive, present συντρίβομαι; perfect infinitive συντετρῖφθαι (R G Tr WH; but συντριφθαι L T (cf. Veitch, as above)), participle συντετριμμένος; 2 future συντριβήσομαι; from Herodotus ((?), Euripides) down; the Sept. very often for שָׁבַר; to break, to break in pieces, shiver, (cf. σύν, II. 3): κάλαμον, Matthew 12:20; τάς πέδας, passive, Mark 5:4; τό ἀλάβαστρον (the sealed orifice of the vase (cf. BB. DD., under the word )), Mark 14:3; ὀστοῦν, passive, John 19:36 (Exodus 12:46; Psalm 33:21 (Ps. 33:21); τά σκεύη, Revelation 2:27; to tread down: τόν Σατανᾶν ὑπό τούς πόδας (by a pregnant construction (Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d.)), to put Satan under foot and (as a conqueror) trample on him, Romans 16:20; to break down, crush: τινα, to tear one's body and shatter one's strength, Luke 9:39. Passive to suffer extreme sorrow and be, as it were, crushed: οἱ συντετρίμμενοι τήν καρδίαν (cf. Winer's Grammar, 229 (215)), equivalent to οἱ ἔχοντες τήν καρδίαν συντετριμμένην, ((A. V. the broken-hearted), Luke 4:18 Rec. from Isaiah 61:1 ((cf. Psalm 33:19 (Ps. 34:19); Psalm 146:3 (Ps. 147:3), etc.); συντριβῆναι τῇ διάνοια, Polybius 21, 10, 2; 31, 8, 11; τοῖς φρονημασι, Diodorus 11, 78; (ταῖς ἐλπίσιν, 4, 66; ταῖς ψυχαῖς, 16, 81)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
12:46
Psalms
33:19; 33:21; 33:21; 34:19; 146:3; 147:3
Isaiah
61:1
Matthew
12:20
Mark
5:4; 14:3
Luke
4:18; 9:39; 9:39
John
19:36
Romans
16:20
Revelation
2:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4937 matches the Greek συντρίβω (syntribō),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:20 - A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench,
Till He sends forth justice to victory;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4 - because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:3 - And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,[fn]
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:39 - “And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth; and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:36 - For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:20 - And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:27 - ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’[fn]—
as I also have received from My Father;
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