Syntríbō — G4937

Definition

verb

to crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively)

1. to break, to break in pieces, shiver

Usually translated as

broken to shivers, brokenhearted, bruise, break

Origin

from G4862 and the base of G5147

• sýn (G4862)
• tríbos (G5147)

Occurrences

Syntríbō occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (2), Luke (2), John (1), Romans (1), Revelation (1)

• Matthew 12:20 — A bruised (συντετριμμένον) reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
• Mark 5:4 — Because 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 (συντετρῖφθαι): neither could any man tame him.
• Mark 14:3 — And 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 (συντρίψασα) brake the box, and poured it on his head.
• Luke 4:18 — The 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 (συντετριμμένους), to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
• Luke 9:39 — And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising (συντρῖβον) him hardly departeth from him.
• John 19:36 — For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken (συντριβήσεται).
• Romans 16:20 — And the God of peace shall bruise (συντρίψει) Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
• Revelation 2:27 — And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers (συντρίβεται): even as I received of my Father.