Diarrhesso means “break” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1284 — berii (“Beerites”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1284 διαρῥήσσω (diarrhesso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. diarrhesso (dee-ar-rhayce'-so) v. 1. to tear asunder [from G1223 and G4486] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include clothes, rent, servants, absalom, and behold. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
diarrhesso (dee-ar-rhayce'-so) v. 1. to tear asunder [from G1223 and G4486] KJV: break, rend Root(s): G1223, G4486
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1284. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to tear
Usage: δια-ρήσσω (so WH, exc. Ac, l.with), δια-ρρήσσω (poetic and late form of διαρρήγνυμι), [in LXX chiefly for קָרָא ;] to break asunder, burst, rend: δεσμά, Luk.8:29; pass., δίκτυα, Luk.5:6; ἱμάτια, χιτῶνας, in grief or anger (as Gen.37:29, al.), Mat.26:65, Act.14:14, Mrk.14:63.† (AS)
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Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1284 (διαρῥήσσω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Absalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab’s portion in the field is next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Absalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, The servants of Absalom have set the field on fire.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
While these letters were yet being read, behold, there came other messengers from Galilee with their clothes rent, who reported on this wise,
insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes, and climbed upon the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1284.
And Absalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab’s portion in the field is next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Absalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, The servants of Absalom have set the field on fire.
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
While these letters were yet being read, behold, there came other messengers from Galilee with their clothes rent, who reported on this wise,
insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes, and climbed upon the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1284, grouped by book.
Diarrhesso (Strong's G1284) is a Greek word most simply glossed "break". diarrhesso (dee-ar-rhayce'-so) v. 1. to tear asunder [from G1223 and G4486]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G1284 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1284 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as clothes, rent, servants, absalom, behold, and field. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1284, with linked reader references where each row is available.