verb
perirēgamō
Strong’sG4048
I tear off
stem perirēg-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** περι-ρήγνυμι (Rec. -ρρ-, v. supr.),
[in LXX: II Mac 4:38*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4048 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
and περιρρηγνύω Refs 1st c.AD+, break off all round, τὸν γήλοφον κύκλῳ Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently of clothes, rend and tear off, τὸν χιτωνίσκον Refs 4th c.BC+: also with accusative person, strip, Refs 1st c.BC+ —middle, περιερρήξατο τοὺς πέπλους tore off her own garments, Refs 1st c.AD+ —passive, with aorist 2 -ερράγην, intransitive perfect περιέρρωγα, περιρρηγνυμένων φαρέων Refs 4th c.BC+; of the case or membrane that encloses pupa or shellfish, περιρρήγνυται τὸ κέλυφος Refs 4th c.BC+ (so in active, ἡ σχάδων.. τὸν ὑμένα περιρρήξας (sic) ἐκπέταταιRefs.—middle, τὰ ζῷα τὰ ἐκ τῶν σκωλήκων περιρρηγνύμεναRefs; of dead flesh, break away, Refs 5th c.BC+
II cause a stream to break or divide round a piece of land, [Βούσιρις] τὸν Νεῖλον περὶ τὴν χώραν περιέρρηξε Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, τοῦ Δέλτα κατὰ τὸ ὀξὺ περιρρήγνυται ὁ Νεῖλος Refs 5th c.BC+; βρονταὶ περιερρήγνυντο kept breaking round a place, Refs 1st c.AD+
III break a thing round or on another, wreck, τὸ σκαφίδιον πρὸς πέτραν Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV ὄρος περιερρωγός broken all round, i.e. precipitous, Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| perirēgarantoisπεριρήξαντες | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine | tore off | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perirēgamō | perirēgame | perirēgami | perirēgama | perirēgamē | perirēgamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | perirēgasō | perirēgase | perirēgasi | perirēgasa | perirēgasē | perirēgaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perirēgatō | perirēgate | perirēgati | perirēgata | perirēgatē | perirēgatelē |
| we 1st person plural | perirēganō | perirēgane | perirēgani | perirēgana | perirēganē | perirēganelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | perirēgavō | perirēgave | perirēgavi | perirēgava | perirēgavē | perirēgavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | perirēgalō | perirēgale | perirēgali | perirēgala | perirēgalē | perirēgalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perirēgameiō | perirēgameia | perirēgameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | perirēgaseiō | perirēgaseia | perirēgaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perirēgateiō | perirēgateia | perirēgateiē |
| we 1st person plural | perirēganeiō | perirēganeia | perirēganeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | perirēgaveiō | perirēgaveia | perirēgaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | perirēgaleiō | perirēgaleia | perirēgaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | perirēgasōr | perirēgasar | perirēgasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perirēgatōr | perirēgatar | perirēgatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | perirēgavōr | perirēgavar | perirēgavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | perirēgalōr | perirēgalar | perirēgalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perirēgamoiō | perirēgamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | perirēgasoiō | perirēgasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perirēgatoiō | perirēgatoia |
| we 1st person plural | perirēganoiō | perirēganoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | perirēgavoiō | perirēgavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | perirēgaloiō | perirēgaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | perirēgarō | perirēgari | perirēgara | perirēgarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | perirēgarōntos | perirēgarintos | perirēgarantos1× | perirēgarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
perirēg is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
perirēgarantois“tore off”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Acts 16:22“tore off”… ochlos kata autoiu, kai tois stratēgois perirēgarantois autoiu teim himatieim keleuale rabdizarō,The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.