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ῥήγνυμι

Lemma	ῥήγνυμι
Citation form	ῥήγνυμι
Part of speech	verb
Gloss	I break, break forth
Strong’s	G4486
Transliteration	rhḗgnymi
Definition	to "break," "wreck" or "crack", i.e. (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts; being its intensive (with the preposition in composition), and a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles, like ) or disrupt, lacerate; by implication, to convulse (with spasms); figuratively, to give vent to joyful emotions
KJV glosses	:--break (forth), burst, rend, tear.
Derivation	both prolonged forms of (which appears only in certain forms, and is itself probably a strengthened form of (see in ))
SBLGNT occurrences	7