ῥάσσω/ῥήσσω[2] [LXX] (ρασσ-/ρησσ-, ραξ-/ρηξ-, ραξ-/ρηξ-, -, -, ραχ·θ-) |
Verb
Perseus Dictionary Entry (Liddell and Scott [and Jones]'s Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed., 1925-1940)
Inflection Chart(s)
Sources disagree on whether ῥήσσω and ῥήγνυμι are the same word. On the one hand:They ought still to be seen as variants of the same verb(http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/test-archives/html4/1995-09/10571.html). On the other:These are two separate words, with different etymological histories, which just happen to become homographs in Koine(http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/test-archives/html4/1995-09/10596.html). BDAG identifies two distinct ῥήσσω’s: the first is a by-form of ῥήγνυμι, meaning1 : tear in pieces, break, burst 2 : tear/break/let loose, break out in(see e.g. ῥήσσεσθαι under BDAG s.v. ῥήγνυμι 1) ; the second (BDAG s.v. ῥήσσω) is derived from Attic ῥάττω, meaningthrown down.In form the two words are identical in the future and aorist, and may be identical in the present (i.e., ῥήγνυμι is ῥήγνυμι; ῥήσσω may be either ῥήσσω [ῥήσσει in Mk 9:18] or ῥήγνυμι [variant ῥήσσει in Mark 2:22].) The following are ῥήσσώῥάττω: Mark 9:18: Καὶ ὅπου { ἂν ♦ ἐὰν } αὐτὸν καταλάβῃ, ῥήσσει [pres act] αὐτόν· καὶ ἀφρίζει, καὶ τρίζει τοὺς ὀδόντας { αὐτοῦ ♦ - }, καὶ ξηραίνεται· καὶ { εἶπον ♦ εἶπα } τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου ἵνα αὐτὸ ἐκβάλωσιν, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν. Luke 9:42: Ἔτι δὲ προσερχομένου αὐτοῦ, ἔρρηξεν [aor act] αὐτὸν τὸ δαιμόνιον καὶ συνεσπάραξεν· ἐπετίμησεν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ, καὶ ἰάσατο τὸν παῖδα, καὶ ἀπέδωκεν αὐτὸν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ. The following are ῥήγνυμίῥήσσω: Matthew 9:17: Οὐδὲ βάλλουσιν οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ { μήγε ♦ μή γε }, ῥήγνυνται [pres mp] οἱ ἀσκοί, καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἐκχεῖται, καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ { ἀπολοῦνται ♦ ἀπόλλυνται }· ἀλλὰ βάλλουσιν οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινούς, καὶ ἀμφότεροι συντηροῦνται. Matthew 7:6: Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσίν· μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων, μήποτε { καταπατήσωσιν ♦ καταπατήσουσιν } αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν [aor act] ὑμᾶς. Mark 2:22: Καὶ οὐδεὶς βάλλει οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ μή, { ῥήσσει [pres act] ♦ ῥήξει [fut act] } ὁ οἶνος { ὁ νέος ♦ - } τοὺς ἀσκούς, καὶ ὁ οἶνος { ἐκχεῖται ♦ ἀπόλλυται } καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ { ἀπολοῦνται ♦ - }· ἀλλὰ οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινοὺς { βλητέον ♦ - }. Luke 5:37: Καὶ οὐδεὶς βάλλει οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ { μήγε ♦ μή γε }, ῥήξει [fut act] { ὁ νέος οἶνος ♦ ὁ οἶνος ὁ νέος } τοὺς ἀσκούς, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκχυθήσεται, καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπολοῦνται. Galatians 4:27: γέγραπται γάρ, Εὐφράνθητι, στεῖρα, ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα· ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον, ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα· ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα.
Occurrences in the GNT
Occurrences in the LXX
Related Words
αράσσω | |
κατ+αράσσω [LXX] | to break in pieces/break (v.) dash down, fall down |
ράσσω | |
κατα·ρ(ρ)άκτης, -ου, ὁ [LXX] | downward-swooping thing (n.) |
κατα+ρράσσω [LXX] | to to break down (v.) |
ῥάσσω/ῥήσσω[2] [LXX] | to strike (v.) dash, overthrow |
ῥήγνυμι | |
ἀνα+ρρήγνυμι [LXX] | to to break up (v.) |
ἀπο+ρρήγνυμι [LXX] | to strike off (v.) beat off, snap off, break asunder (but not the same as tear asunder as in χωριζω which is to divide or separate in Matt 19:6) |
ἀπο·ρρώξ ἀπο·ρρώξ [LXX] | broken off (adj.) |
δια+ρρήγνυμι/-ρρήσσω | to tear/rip asunder (v.) [break-through, burst] |
κατα+ρρήγνυμι [LXX] | to break down (v.) also to "tear apart," "break/tear down," or "burst out;" and such senses as these. |
περι+ρρήγνυμι/-ρήγνυμι | to tear off (v.) |
προσ+ρρήσσω/-ρήσσω a.k.a. προσ+ρήγνυμι | to burst upon (v.) |
ῥήγνυμι/ῥήσσω[1] | to burst tear (v.) break w cracks like wine skins drying out |