7.
$
(
9:)
, 1284),
, “through” (intensive), and No. 6, “to burst
asunder, to rend, cleave,” is said of the rending of garments, Matt. 26:65; Mark 14:63;
Acts 14:14; of the “breaking” of a net, Luke 5:6; of fetters, 8:29. See
REND
.¶
8.
$
(
$ $)
, 4366): see
BEAT
, No. 8.
9.
$
(
1
, 2608),
, “down” (intensive), and No. 6, is used of the
“breaking” of a bruised reed, Matt. 12:20, and of the “breaking” of the legs of those who
were crucified, John 19:31, 32, 33.¶
10.
$
(
1
, 4917),
$
, “together” (intensive), and
, “to break or
crush, to break in pieces, to shatter,” is used in Matt. 21:44 and Luke 20:18 of the
physical effect of falling on a stone.¶
11.
$
$
(
$"
, 4919),
$
, and
$
, “to crush, to break small,
weaken,” is used metaphorically of “breaking” one’s heart Acts 21:13.¶
12.
(
&
, 4977), “to split, to rend open,” is said of the veil of the temple,
Matt. 27:51; the rending of rocks, Matt. 27:51; the rending of the heavens, Mark 1:10; a
garment, Luke 5:36; John 19:24; a net, John 21:11; in the passive voice, metaphorically,
of being divided into factions, Acts 14:4; 23:7. See
DIVINE
,
Note
,
OPEN
,
REND
,
RENT
.
Note:
Cf.
(Eng., “schism”), said of the rent in a garment, Matt. 9:16. See
DIVISION
,
RENT
,
SCHISM
.
13.
$
(
$"
, 1358), lit., “to dig through” ( , “through,”
$
, “to
dig”), is used of the act of thieves in “breaking” into a house, Matt. 6:19, 20; 24:43; Luke
12:39.¶
14.
@ $
(
# $"
, 1846), lit., “to dig out” (cf. No. 13), is med of the “breaking
up” of part of a roof, Mark 2:4, and, in a vivid expression, of plucking out the eyes, Gal.
4:15. See
PLUCK
.¶
: !
For
, “to break one’s fast,” see
DINE
.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
1
, 2800), “a breaking” (akin to A, No. 1), is used in Luke 24:35 and
Acts 2:42, of the “breaking” of bread.¶
2.
(
1
, 2801), “a broken piece, fragment,” is always used of remnants of
food, Matt. 14:20; 15:37 and corresponding passages. See
PIECE
.
3.
(
$1
, 3847), “a transgression” (
, “across,”
, “to go”), is
translated “breaking” in Rom. 2:23,
KJV
;
RV
, “transgression”;
KJV
and
RV
ditto in 4:15;
5:14; Gal. 3:19; 1 Tim. 2:14; Heb. 2:2; 9:15. See
TRANSGRESSION
.
4.
(
$ 1
, 3848), “a transgressor” (cf. No. 3), is translated “breaker,”
Rom. 2:25,
KJV
;
RV
, “transgressor.” In v. 27 the
KJV
turns it into a verb, “dost transgress.”
See Gal. 2:18; Jas. 2:9, 11.¶
BREAST
1.
(
, 4738), connected with
, “to stand,” i.e., that which stands
out, is used of mourners in smiting the “breast,” Luke 18:13; 23:48; of John in reclining
on the “breast” of Christ, John 13:25; 21:20; of the “breasts” of the angels in Rev. 15:6.¶