2806. klaó
Strong's Concordance
klaó: to break
Original Word: κλάω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: klaó
Phonetic Spelling: (klah'-o)
Definition: to break
Usage: I break (in pieces), break bread.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to break
NASB Translation
break (2), breaking (3), broke (8), broken (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2806: κλάω

κλάω; 1 aorist ἔκλασα; passive (present participle κλώμενος, 1 Corinthians 11:24 R G (see below)); 1 aorist ἐκλασθην (Romans 11:20 L Tr); (from Homer down); to break: used in the N. T. of the breaking of bread (see ἄρτος, 1), Matthew 14:19; Matthew 15:36; Matthew 26:26; Mark 8:6; Mark 14:22; Luke 22:19; (); Acts 2:46; Acts 20:7, 11; Acts 27:35; 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:24; with εἰς τινας added, a pregnant construction, equivalent to 'to break and distribute among' etc. (see εἰς, C. 1), Mark 8:19; metaphorically, τό σῶμα, shattered, as it were, by a violent death, 1 Corinthians 11:21 R G. (Compare: ἐκκλάω, κατακλάω.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
break.

A primary verb; to break (specially, of bread) -- break.

Forms and Transliterations
εκλασα έκλασα ἔκλασα έκλασε εκλασεν έκλασεν ἔκλασεν κλασαι κλάσαι κλασας κλάσας κλασθή κλείθρα κλείθρου κλωμεν κλώμεν κλῶμεν κλώμενον κλωντες κλώντές κλῶντές eklasa éklasa eklasen éklasen klasai klásai klasas klásas klomen klômen klōmen klō̂men klontes klôntés klōntes klō̂ntés
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Matthew 14:19 V-APA-NMS
GRK: εὐλόγησεν καὶ κλάσας ἔδωκεν τοῖς
NAS: He blessed [the food], and breaking the loaves
KJV: and brake, and gave
INT: he blessed and having broken he gave to the

Matthew 15:36 V-AIA-3S
GRK: καὶ εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ ἐδίδου
NAS: and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving
KJV: and gave thanks, and brake [them], and
INT: and having given thanks he broke and gave

Matthew 26:26 V-AIA-3S
GRK: καὶ εὐλογήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ δοὺς
NAS: and after a blessing, He broke [it] and gave
KJV: blessed [it], and brake [it], and
INT: and having blessed broke and having given

Mark 8:6 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἄρτους εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ ἐδίδου
NAS: He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving
KJV: and gave thanks, and brake, and
INT: loaves having given thanks he broke and gave

Mark 8:19 V-AIA-1S
GRK: πέντε ἄρτους ἔκλασα εἰς τοὺς
NAS: when I broke the five loaves
KJV: When I brake the five loaves
INT: five loaves I broke for the

Mark 14:22 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἄρτον εὐλογήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ ἔδωκεν
NAS: and after a blessing He broke [it], and gave
KJV: and blessed, and brake [it], and
INT: bread having blessed he broke and gave

Luke 22:19 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἄρτον εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ ἔδωκεν
NAS: [and] given thanks, He broke it and gave
KJV: and gave thanks, and brake [it], and
INT: bread having given thanks he broke and gave

Luke 24:30 V-APA-NMS
GRK: εὐλόγησεν καὶ κλάσας ἐπεδίδου αὐτοῖς
NAS: and blessed [it], and breaking [it], He [began] giving
KJV: [it], and brake, and gave
INT: he blessed and having broken he gave [it] to them

Acts 2:46 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: τῷ ἱερῷ κλῶντές τε κατ'
NAS: in the temple, and breaking bread
KJV: the temple, and breaking bread from
INT: the temple breaking moreover in

Acts 20:7 V-ANA
GRK: συνηγμένων ἡμῶν κλάσαι ἄρτον ὁ
NAS: when we were gathered together to break bread,
KJV: came together to break bread,
INT: having come together we to break bread

Acts 20:11 V-APA-NMS
GRK: δὲ καὶ κλάσας τὸν ἄρτον
NAS: When he had gone [back] up and had broken the bread
KJV: and had broken bread,
INT: moreover and having broken the bread

Acts 27:35 V-APA-NMS
GRK: πάντων καὶ κλάσας ἤρξατο ἐσθίειν
NAS: of all, and he broke it and began
KJV: and when he had broken [it], he began
INT: all and having broken [it] began to eat

1 Corinthians 10:16 V-PIA-1P
GRK: ἄρτον ὃν κλῶμεν οὐχὶ κοινωνία
NAS: which we break a sharing
KJV: The bread which we break, is it not
INT: bread which we break not fellowship

1 Corinthians 11:24 V-AIA-3S
GRK: καὶ εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ εἶπεν
NAS: and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said,
KJV: when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and
INT: and having given thanks he broke [it] and said

Strong's Greek 2806
14 Occurrences


ἔκλασα — 1 Occ.
ἔκλασεν — 6 Occ.
κλάσαι — 1 Occ.
κλάσας — 4 Occ.
κλῶμεν — 1 Occ.
κλῶντές — 1 Occ.

















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