Breaking
κλάσιςStrong’s G2800klasis
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Klasis is the Greek word usually translated “breaking”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.”
Meaning
Usually translated “breaking”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- breaking 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
κλάσις klasis · breaking
κλάσις, -εως, ἡ (κλάω), a breaking: Luk.24:35, Act.2:42.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “breaking” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BREAKING, participle present
tense Parting by violence; rending asunder; becoming bankrupt.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.