Definition
ῥῆγμα, -τος, τό
(ῥήγνυμι), [in LXX: 3Ki.11.30-31 12:24, 2 Kings 2:12 (קֶרַע), Amos 6:12 (11) A (בְּקִיעַ) * ;]
1. cl. (and so in LXX), a fracture; then by meton., that which is torn.
2. In NT, ruin: Luke 6:49.
Usage patterns
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- Luke 6:49ῥῆγμα · destructionBut the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”