Rhegma means “ruin” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4485 — manginah (“music”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4485 ῥήγμα (rhegma) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. rhegma (rhayg'-mah) n. 1. something torn, i.e. a fragment (by implication and abstractly, a fall) [from G4486] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include ruin. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
rhegma (rhayg'-mah) n. 1. something torn, i.e. a fragment (by implication and abstractly, a fall) [from G4486] KJV: ruin Root(s): G4486
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4485. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
destruction
Usage: ῥῆγμα, -τος, τό (ῥήγνυμι), [in LXX: 3Ki.11:30-31 12:24, 4Ki.2:12 (קֶרַע), Amo.6:12 (11) A (בְּקִיעַ) * ;] __1. cl. (and so in LXX), a fracture; then by meton., that which is torn. __2. In NT, ruin: Luk.6:49.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render rhegma, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G4485 (ῥήγμα) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Ahijah laid hold of his new garment that was upon him, and tore it into twelve pieces:
and he said to Jeroboam, Take to thyself ten pieces, for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give thee ten tribes.
And Elisha saw, and cried, Father, father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his garments, and rent them into two pieces.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4485.
And Ahijah laid hold of his new garment that was upon him, and tore it into twelve pieces:
and he said to Jeroboam, Take to thyself ten pieces, for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give thee ten tribes.
And Elisha saw, and cried, Father, father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his garments, and rent them into two pieces.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4485, grouped by book.
Rhegma (Strong's G4485) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ruin". rhegma (rhayg'-mah) n. 1. something torn, i.e. a fragment (by implication and abstractly, a fall) [from G4486]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G4485 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4485 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ruin. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4485, with linked reader references where each row is available.