Word Summary
rhēgma: a fracture, a ruin
Original Word: ῥῆγμαTransliteration: rhēgma
Phonetic Spelling: (hrayg'-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a fracture, a ruin
Meaning: a fracture, a ruin
Strong's Concordance
ruin.
From rhegnumi; something torn, i.e. A fragment (by implication and abstractly, a fall) -- ruin.
see GREEK rhegnumi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4485: ῤῆγμαῤῆγμα,
ῥηγματος,
τό (
ῤήγνυμι),
what has been broken or rent asunder;
a. a fracture, breach, cleft: Hippocrates (), Demosthenes, (Aristotle), Polybius, others; for בָּקִיעַ , Amos 6:11, Alex.; b. plural for קְרָעִים, torn clothes: 1 Kings 11:30; 2 Kings 2:12.
c. fall, ruin: Luke 6:49.