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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4917. συνθλάω (sunthlaó) -- To crush together, to shatter, to break in pieces.</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4917.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/1-15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4917.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4917</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4916.htm" title="4916">◄</a> 4917. sunthlaó <a href="../greek/4918.htm" title="4918">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">sunthlaó: To crush together, to shatter, to break in pieces.</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">συνθλάω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>sunthlaó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>soon-thlah'-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(soon-thlah'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To crush together, to shatter, to break in pieces.<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I break, break in pieces, crush, shatter.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From σύν (G4862, meaning "with" or "together") and θλάω (G2380, meaning "to crush" or "to break").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of breaking or crushing is שָׁבַר (H7665), which means "to break" or "to shatter." This term is used in the Old Testament to describe the breaking of physical objects, as well as the breaking of nations or the spirit of individuals.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb συνθλάω is used to describe the action of crushing or breaking something into pieces. It conveys a sense of destruction or disintegration, often implying a forceful or violent action. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe the breaking or shattering of physical objects or, in a broader sense, the breaking down of spiritual or moral barriers.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Greek world, the concept of breaking or crushing was often associated with warfare, judgment, and divine intervention. The imagery of breaking or shattering was used to describe the defeat of enemies or the dismantling of strongholds. In a biblical context, this imagery is frequently employed to illustrate God's power to overcome opposition and to bring about justice and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4917</b> <i>synthláō</i> (from <a href="/greek/4862.htm">4862</a> <i>/sýn</i>, "together <i>with</i>" and <i>thlaō</i>, "crush") – properly, pulverize, crushing parts <i>together</i> into dust (note the <i>syn</i>). </p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/4917.htm">4917</a> <i>/synthláō</i> ("to break in pieces") implies to <i>completely shatter</i>, i.e. break-up into dust (Souter); (figuratively) to be <i>crushed</i> (devastated) by resisting (colliding with) Christ. </p><p class="discovery">(Mt 21:44) This verse "graphically pictures the fate of the man who rejects Christ. The verb means to shatter. We are familiar with an automobile that dashes against a stone wall, a tree, or a train and the ruin that follows. <i>Will scatter him as dust</i> (<a href="/greek/3039.htm">3039</a> <i>/likmáō</i>). The verb was used of winnowing out the chaff and then of grinding to powder. This is the fate of him on whom this Rejected Stone falls" (<i>WP</i>, 1, 172). </p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4862.htm">sun</a> and thlaó (to crush)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to crush together<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>broken to pieces (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4917: συνθλάω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">συνθλάω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">σύνθλω</span>: 1 future passive <span class="greek2">συνθλασθήσομαι</span>; <span class="accented">to break to pieces, shatter</span> (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">confringo, conquasso</span>): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/21-44.htm">Matthew 21:44</a> (but <span class="manuref">T</span> omits; <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading <span class="manuref">WH</span> brackets the verse); <a href="/interlinear/luke/20-18.htm">Luke 20:18</a>. (The <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>; (<span class="abbreviation">Manetho</span>, <span class="manuref">Alex.</span> quoted in Athen, <span class="abbreviation">Eratosthenes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span> (v. 1.)), <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, others.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>break. <p>From <a href="/greek/4862.htm">sun</a> and thlao (to crush); to dash together, i.e. Shatter -- break. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4862.htm">sun</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>συνέθλασας συνέθλασεν συνθλάσει συνθλασθησεται συνθλασθήσεται συνθλάσω συντεθλασμένον sunthlasthesetai sunthlasthēsetai synthlasthesetai synthlasthēsetai synthlasthḗsetai<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/21-44.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 21:44</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-FIP-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">λίθον τοῦτον <b>συνθλασθήσεται</b> ἐφ' ὃν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> stone <span class="itali">will be broken to pieces;</span> but on whomever<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> this stone <span class="itali">shall be broken:</span> but on<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/21-44.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> stone this <span class="itali">will be broken</span> on whomever<p><b><a href="/text/luke/20-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 20:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-FIP-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὸν λίθον <b>συνθλασθήσεται</b> ἐφ' ὃν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on that stone <span class="itali">will be broken to pieces;</span> but on whomever<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that stone <span class="itali">shall be broken;</span> but on<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/20-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> stone <span class="itali">will be broken</span> on whomever<p><b><a href="/greek/4917.htm">Strong's Greek 4917</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4917.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/sunthlasthe_setai_4917.htm">συνθλασθήσεται — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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