verb
sunthlomō
Strong’sG4917
I break, break in pieces
stem sunthl-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.
συν-θλάω, -ῶ
[in LXX for מחץ etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4917 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon-thlah'-o
to dash together, i.e. shatter
Fromfrom G4862 and thlao (to crush);
King Jamesbreak.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
crush together, Refs 3rd c.BC+:—passive, [ποτήριον] ὦτα συντεθλασμένον Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, to be crushed, NT+4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sunthlitiσυνθλασθήσεται | will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular | broken to pieces | 2× |
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, 2 occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunthlomō | sunthlome | sunthlomē | sunthlomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlosō | sunthlose | sunthlosē | sunthloselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthlotō | sunthlote | sunthlotē | sunthlotelē |
| we 1st person plural | sunthlonō | sunthlone | sunthlonē | sunthlonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlovō | sunthlove | sunthlovē | sunthlovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthlolō | sunthlole | sunthlolē | sunthlolelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunthlimi | sunthlima |
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlisi | sunthlisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthliti2×συνθλασθήσεται | sunthlita |
| we 1st person plural | sunthlini | sunthlina |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlivi | sunthliva |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthlili | sunthlila |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunthlomeiō | sunthlomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunthloseiō | sunthloseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthloteiō | sunthloteiē |
| we 1st person plural | sunthloneiō | sunthloneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthloveiō | sunthloveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthloleiō | sunthloleiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunthlimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | sunthliseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthliteia |
| we 1st person plural | sunthlineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthliveia |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthlileia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlosōr | sunthlosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthlotōr | sunthlotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlovōr | sunthlovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthlolōr | sunthlolēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlisar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthlitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlivar |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthlilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunthlomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthlotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | sunthlonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthloloiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunthlimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sunthlisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunthlitoia |
| we 1st person plural | sunthlinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunthlivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sunthliloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | sunthlorō | sunthlorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | sunthliri | sunthlira |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | sunthlorōntos | sunthlorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | sunthlirintos | sunthlirantos |
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
sunthl 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunthliti“broken to pieces”will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular2×
Matthew 21:44… tos piptarantos epi ton lithon houton sunthliti; epi hon de an piptateia likmati …… falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls …
Luke 20:18… tos piptarantos epi ekeinon ton lithon sunthliti; epi hon de an piptateia, likmati …… falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls …