rhēgnumi (to throw violently)

Meaning

Usually translated “burst”, “may tear to pieces” and “are burst”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

will burst 2
they may tear to pieces 1
are burst 1
it throws down 1
threw down 1
do break forth 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Matthew 2
Mark 2
Luke 2
Galatians 1

4 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Mark 2:22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Mark 9:18And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
Luke 5:37And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Luke 9:42And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
Galatians 4:27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Greek dictionary

ῥήγνυμι rhēgnumi · to throw violently

ῥήγνυμι and (Mrk.9:18) ῥήσσω, [in LXX chiefly for בָּקַע, also for קָרַע, etc. ;] 1. to rend, break asunder: Mat.7:6, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37; pass., Mat.9:17. 2. Of the voice, with accusative, φωνήν, etc. (Hdt., al.), to break forth into speech: absol., Gal.4:27 (LXX). 3. = ῥήσσω (Dem., al.), to throw or dash down: Mrk.9:18, Luk.9:42 (cf. δια-, περι-, προσ-ρήγνυμι).† SYN.: θραύω, κατάγνυμι (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “burst” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

BURST, verb intransitive

preterit tense and participle passive burst The old participle bursten is nearly obsolete.

To fly or break open with force, or with sudden violence; to suffer a violent disruption.
To break away; to spring from; as, to burst from the arms.
To come or fall upon suddenly or with violence; to rush upon unexpectedly; as, a sound bursts upon our ears.
To issue suddenly, or to come from a hidden or retired place into more open view; as, a river bursts from a valley; a spring bursts from the earth.

All definitions and other forms of “burst”

To break forth into action suddenly; as, to burst into tears.
To break or rush in with violence; as, to burst into a house or a room.

BURST, verb transitive

To break or rend by force or violence; to open suddenly; as, to burst a chain or a door; to burst a cannon.

BURST, noun

A sudden disruption; a violent rending; more appropriately, a sudden explosion or shooting forth; as a burst of thunder; a burst of applause, a burst of passion.

A rupture, a hernia, or the unnatural protrusion of the contents of the abdomen.

BURST, or BURST'EN, participle passive

or adjective Affected with a rupture or hernia.

BURST, participle passive

Opened or rent asunder by violence.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.