Lexical Summary
kataklaó: To break down, to break in pieces
Original Word: κατακλάω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kataklaó
Pronunciation: kat-ak-LAH-oh
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ak-lah'-o)
KJV: break
NASB: broke
Word Origin: [from G2596 (κατά - according) and G2806 (κλάω - broke)]
1. to break down, i.e. divide
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
break.
From kata and klao; to break down, i.e. Divide -- break.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK klao
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
kata and
klaóDefinitionto break up
NASB Translationbroke (2).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2622: κατακλάωκατακλάω,
κατάκλω: 1 aorist
κατέκλασα; from
Homer down;
to break in pieces (cf. German
zerbrechen (see
κατά, III. 4)):
τούς ἄρτους,
Mark 6:41;
Luke 9:16.
