ἐρρώγασιν

ἐρρώγᾱσιν, ῥήγνυμι

break asunder: perf ind act 3rd pl

ἐρρώγᾱσιν, ῥήγνυμι

break asunder: perf ind act 3rd pl

ῥήγνυμι (Mt 9:17 and its by-form ῥήσσω Mt 9:17 D; Lk 5:6 D) fut. ῥήξω; 1 aor. ἔρ(ρ)ηξα, impv. ῥῆξον; pf. 3 pl. ἐρρώγασιν Josh 9:13, ptc. ἐρρηγώς Job 32:19. Pass.: 2 fut. ῥαγήσομαι; 2 aor. ἐρράγην LXX; inf. ῥαγῆναι AcPl Ha 3, 11 (Hom.+; LXX; TestSol; TestJob 28:3; TestJud 2:6; Mel., P. 91, 682; Ath., 18, 3)

① to cause to come apart or be in pieces by means of internal or external force, tear in pieces, break, burst τινά or τὶ someone or someth. (Jos., Ant. 5, 310) of wine τοὺς ἀσκούς burst the wine-skins (Alex. Aphr., An. Mant. 124, 20 Br.) Mk 2:22; cp. Mt 9:17 D; Lk 5:37. Pass. be torn, burst (Diod S 3, 34, 2; TestJud 2:6; ViHab 12; PGM 4, 361; 2674; 13, 264) Mt 9:17. ὥστε τὰ δίκτυα ῥήσσεσθαι Lk 5:6 D. ῥαγῆναι τὰ δεσμά AcPl Ha 3, 11. Of ferocious animals tear in pieces w. their teeth μήποτε ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς Mt 7:6 (Aesop, Fab. 408a H. of a swine: τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν ἀναῤῥήξειν τὴν κύνα; cp. the alternate version: 408b H. ἀνατεμεῖν ‘cut up’/250 III H-H. ἀνατεμεῖ).

② to effect an action or intensify it by initially throwing off restraint, tear/break/let loose, break out in (Hdt. 2, 2, 3 and Aelian, Fgm. 41 p. 203, 2 φωνήν; Plut., Pericl. 172 [36, 7] κλαυθμόν; LXX; Philo, Conf. Lingu. 194. Cp. also Ps.-Oppian, Cyneg. 1, 226 ῥῆξεν ποτὲ δεσμὰ σιωπῆς) ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον break forth and cry aloud (Is 54:1) Gal 4:27; 2 Cl 2:1.—Pass. break forth (PPetr II, 23, 1, 12 [III B.C.] ὕδωρ ἐρράγη; SibOr 4, 53) of light B 3:4 (Is 58:8).—S. also ῥήσσω.—DELG. M-M.