κλάω klaō

Greek word for “to break” · Strong’s G2806 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

κλάω; to break, break in pieces: of bread, 15:36 26:26, 14:22, 24:30, 20:7, 11 27:35, 11:24;

How it is translated

Glosses given for klaō in context, with how often each is used:

• broke 7
• having broken 4
• breaking 2
• break 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 8 (2), Acts 20 (2), Matthew 14 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 22 (1), Luke 24 (1), Acts 2 (1), Acts 27 (1)

Forms

• ἔκλασεν 6
• κλάσας 4
• ἔκλασα 1
• κλῶντές 1
• κλάσαι 1
• κλῶμεν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with klaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἄρτος artos “bread” 13
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 8
• εὐχαριστέω eucharisteō “to thank” 5
• εὐλογέω eulogeō “to praise/bless” 5
• σῶμα sōma “body” 5
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 6
• ἀνάμνησις anamnēsis “remembrance” 2
• ἐσθίω esthiō “to eat” 3
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 4
• ἰχθύς ichthus “fish” 2
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 3
• τε te “and/both” 3

Key verses

The verses using klaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 14:19 — And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and…
• Matthew 15:36 — And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
• Matthew 26:26 — And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
• Mark 8:6 — And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them;…
• Mark 14:22 — And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
• Luke 22:19 — And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
• Luke 24:30 — And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
• Acts 2:46 — And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
• Acts 20:7 — And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his…
• Acts 27:35 — And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
• 1 Corinthians 10:16 — The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
• 1 Corinthians 11:24 — And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.