To shatter
συνθλάωStrong’s G4917sunthlaō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sunthlaō is the Greek word usually translated “broken”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”
Meaning
Usually translated “broken”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- will be broken 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
συνθλάω sunthlaō · to shatter
συν-θλάω, -ῶ [in LXX for מָחַץ etc. ;] to crush together, crush: Mat.21:44 ([WH], R, mg., om.), Luk.20:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shatter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHAT'TER, verb transitive
- To braek at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, rend or part by violence into fragments; as, explosion shatters a rock or bomb; lightning shatters the sturdy oak; steam shatters a boiler; a monarchy is shattered by revolt.
- To rend; to crack; to split; to rive into splinters.
- To dissapate; to make incapable of close and continued application; as a man of shattered humor.
- To disorder; to derange; to render delirious; as, to shatter teh brain, the man seems to be shattered in his intellect.
All definitions and other forms of “shatter”
SHAT'TER, verb intransitive
To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.
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.