Prosrḗgnymi — G4366

Definition

verb

to tear towards, i.e. burst upon (as a tempest or flood)

1. to break against, break by dashing against

Usually translated as

beat vehemently against

Origin

from G4314 and G4486

• prós (G4314)
• rhḗgnymi (G4486)

Occurrences

Prosrḗgnymi occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (2)

• Luke 6:48 — He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon (προσερρηξεν) that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
• Luke 6:49 — But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently (προσερρηξεν), and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.