suntribō (to break)

Meaning

Usually translated “bruised”, “have been shattered” and “having broken”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

bruised 2
to have been shattered 1
having broken 1
bruising 1
will be broken 1
will crush 1
are broken in pieces 1

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

Where it's used most

Mark 2
Luke 2
Matthew 1
John 1
Romans 1
Revelation 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Mark 5:4Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Mark 14:3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 9:39And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
John 19:36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

All 8 verses, by book

Matthew 1: 12:20
Mark 2: 5:4 14:3
Luke 2: 4:18 9:39
John 1: 19:36
Romans 1: 16:20
Revelation 1: 2:27

Greek dictionary

συντρίβω suntribō · to break

συν-τρίβω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁבַר ;] to shatter, break in pieces: Mat.12:20 (LXX), Mrk.5:4 14:3, Jhn.19:36" (LXX), Rev.2:27; of persons and parts of the body, to break, crush, bruise: Luk.9:39; figuratively, Rom.16:20.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

BREAK, verb transitive

preterit tense broke, [brake.obs.] participle passive broke or broken.

To part or divide by force and violence, as a solid substance; to rend apart; as, to break a band; to break a thread or a cable.
To burst or open by force.
To divide by piercing or penetrating; to burst forth; as, the light breaks through the clouds.
To make breaches or gaps by battering, as in a wall.

All definitions and other forms of “break”

To destroy, crush, weaken, or impair, as the human body or constitution.
To sink; to appall or subdue; as, to break the spirits, or the passions.
To crush; to shatter; to dissipate the strength of, as of an army.
To weaken, or impair, as the faculties.
To tame; to train to obedience; to make tractable; as, to break a horse.
To make bankrupt.
To discard, dismiss or cashier; as, to break an officer.
To crack, to part or divide, as the skin; to open, as an aposteme.
To violate, as a contract or promise, either by a positive act contrary to the promise, or by neglect or non-fulfillment.
To infringe or violate, as a law, or any moral obligation, either by a positive act or by an omission of what is required.
To stop; to interrupt; to cause to cease; as, to break conversation; to break sleep.
To intercept; to check; to lessen the force of; as, to break a fall, or a blow.
To separate; to part; as, to break company of friendship.
To dissolve any union; sometimes with off; as, to break off a connection.
To cause to abandon; to reform or cause to reform; as, to break one of ill habits or practices.
To open as a purpose; to propound something new; to make a first disclosure of opinions; as, to break one's mind.
To frustrate; to prevent.
To take away; as, to break the whole staff of bread.
To stretch; to strain; to rack; as, to break one on the wheel.“BREAK off thy sins by righteousness” Daniel 4:27
To sever; to divide; as, to break off a twig.
To open or lay open; as, to break up a bed of earth.
To plow ground the first time, or after lying long unplowed; a common use in the U.
To separate; as, to break up a company.
To disband; as, to break up an army.

BREAK, verb intransitive

To part; to separate; to divide in two; as, the ice breaks; a band breaks.

To burst; as, a storm or deluge breaks.
To burst, by dashing against something; as, a wave breaks upon a rock.
To open, as a tumor or aposteme.
To open, as the morning; to show the first light; to dawn.
To burst forth; to utter or exclaim.
To fail in trade or other occupation; to become bankrupt.
To decline in health and strength; to begin to lose the natural vigor.
To issue out with vehemence.
To make way with violence or suddenness; to rush; often with a particle; as, to break in; to break in upon, as calamities; to break over, as a flood; to break out, as a fire; to break forth, as light or a sound.
To come to an explanation.
To suffer an interruption of friendship; to fall out.
To faint, flag or pant.“My soul breaketh for longing to thy judgments” Psalms 119:20
To appear in eruptions, as pustules; to have pustules, or an efflorescence on the skin, as a child breaks out.
To throw off restraint, and become dissolute.

BREAK, noun

A state of being open, or the act of separating; an opening made by force; an open place. It is the same word as brack, differently written and pronounced.

A pause; an interruption.
A line in writing or printing, noting a suspension of the sense, or a stop in the sentence.
In a ship, the break of the deck is the part where it terminates, and the descent on to the next deck below commences.
The first appearance of light in the morning; the dawn; as the break of day.

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