διαῥήγνυμι
tear apart, rend
Where this word appears
A sample of passages — one per book it occurs in — where διαῥήγνυμι appears in the Greek Septuagint (of 70 total occurrences). Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 37:29 διαῥήγνυμι And Ruben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he tore his garments.
- Leviticus 10:6 διαῥήγνυμι And Moses said to Aaron, and Eleazar and Ithamar his sons that were left, You⌃ shall not make bare your heads, and you⌃ shall not tear your garments; that you⌃ die not, and so there should be wrath on all the congregation: but your brethren, even all the house of Israel, shall lament for the burning, with which they were burnt by the Lord.
- Numbers 14:6 διαῥήγνυμι But Joshua the son of Naue, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, of the number of them that spied out the land, tore their garments,
- Joshua 7:6 διαῥήγνυμι And Joshua tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on their heads.
- Judges 11:35 διαῥήγνυμι And it came to pass when he saw her, that he tore his garments, and said, Ah, ah, my daughter, you have indeed troubled me, and you were the cause of my trouble; and I have opened my mouth against you to the Lord, and I shall not be able to return from it.
- 1 Samuel 4:12 διαῥήγνυμι And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Selom on that day: and his clothes were torn, and earth was upon his head.
- 2 Samuel 1:2 διαῥήγνυμι And it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came from the camp, from the people of Saul, and his garments were torn, and earth was upon his head: and it came to pass when he went in to David, that he fell upon the earth, and did obeisance to him.
- 1 Kings 11:11 διαῥήγνυμι And the Lord said to Solomon, Because it has been thus with you, and you have not kept my commandments and my ordinances which I commanded you, I will surely rend your kingdom out of your hand, and give it to your servant.
- 2 Kings 2:12 διαῥήγνυμι And Elisaie saw, and cried, Father, father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his garments, and tore them into two pieces.
- 1 Chronicles 11:18 διαῥήγνυμι And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem, which was in the gate, and they took it, and came to David: but David would not drink it, and poured it out to the Lord, and said,
- 2 Chronicles 23:13 διαῥήγνυμι And she looked, and, behold, the king stood in his place, and the princes and trumpets were at the entrance, and the princes were round the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded the trumpets, and there were the singers singing with instruments, and singing hymns of praise. and Gotholia tore her robe, and cried, you⌃ surely are plotting against me.
- Ezra 9:3 διαῥήγνυμι And when I heard this thing, I tore my garments, and trembled, and plucked some of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning.
- Esther 4:1 διαῥήγνυμι But Mardochaeus having perceived what was done, tore his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.
- Job 1:20 διαῥήγνυμι So Job arose, and tore his garments, and shaved the hair of his head, and fell on the earth, and worshipped,
- Psalms 2:3 διαῥήγνυμι saying, Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.
- Proverbs 23:21 διαῥήγνυμι for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
- Isaiah 33:20 διαῥήγνυμι Behold the city of Sion, our refuge: your eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken:
- Jeremiah 5:5 διαῥήγνυμι I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.
- Ezekiel 13:20 διαῥήγνυμι Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against your pillows, whereby you⌃ there confound souls, and I will tear them away from your arms, and will set at liberty their souls which you⌃ pervert to scatter them.
- Hosea 13:8 διαῥήγνυμι I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions' whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.
- Joel 2:13 διαῥήγνυμι and rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy, and repents of evils.
- Nahum 1:13 διαῥήγνυμι And now will I break his rod from off you, and will burst your bonds.
About this word
About this word
διαῥήγνυμι (diarhḗgnymi), “tear apart, rend,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 70 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →