Bible Encyclopedia: Crack

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Greek

2997. lasko -- to crack noisily
... to crack noisily. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: lasko Phonetic Spelling:
(las'-kho) Short Definition: I burst asunder with a loud noise Definition: I ...
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4486. rhegnumi -- to break apart, by ext. to throw down
... which appears only in certain forms, and is itself probably a strengthened form
of agnumi (see in katagnumi)) to "break," "wreck" or "crack", ie (especially ...
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2608. katagnumi -- to break in pieces
... break. From kata and the base of rhegnumi; to rend in pieces, ie Crack apart --
break. see GREEK kata. see GREEK rhegnumi. (kateagosin) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7107. qatsaph -- to be angry
... A primitive root; to crack off, ie (figuratively) burst out in rage -- (be)
anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth. ...
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4454. malaq -- to nip, nip off
... wring off. A primitive root; to crack a joint; by implication, to wring the neck
of a fowl (without separating it) -- wring off. 4453, 4454. malaq. 4455 . ...
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6875. tsori -- (a kind of) balsam
... balm. Or tsoriy {tsor-ee'}; from an unused root meaning to crack (as by pressure),
hence, to leak; distillation, ie Balsam -- balm. 6874, 6875. ...
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7533. ratsats -- to crush
... A primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively -- break, bruise,
crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together. 7532, 7533. ratsats. 7534 ...
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Library

A Heart-Breaking Verse.
... You even see a hand drawing aside the edge of the window shade, and two eyes that
you know so well peer out through the crack at you; then the shade goes to ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/a heart-breaking verse.htm

The Handwriting Blotted Out
... It needs a certain amount of reckless courage openly to break a law, human
or divine; but it is easy to crack them, as the child said. ...
/.../moody/weighed and wanting/the handwriting blotted out.htm

Christ Teaching by Parables
... Those who really want the kernel will crack the shell, and get it: but those who
are not willing to crack the shell will never get the kernel. ...
/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/christ teaching by parables.htm

Synagogues in the City; and Schools.
... The reason why the Alexandrians were so called, you may fetch, perhaps, from this
story: "There was a brass cymbal in the Temple; and there being a crack in it ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 36 synagogues in the.htm

The Story of Hazael
... Did you ever see a dam bursting or breaking down? Through a little crack comes
one drop: will it stop there"the gap or the trickle? No! ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the story of hazael.htm

Deified Devilry
... Sometimes the broad smooth levels of life are crossed by a black-edged jagged crack,
rent, as it seems, by an outburst of the fiery force below. ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xxi deified devilry.htm

Stiff-Necked Idolaters and Pliable Christians
... God his portion. Further, they are 'broken cisterns,' and all have in them
some flaw or crack out of which the water runs. That is ...
/.../stiff-necked idolaters and pliable christians.htm

Presumptuous Sins
... he be told that the ice will not bear him, starteth back affrighted, or if he daringly
creepeth upon it how soon he leaves it, if he hears but a crack upon the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/presumptuous sins.htm

A Book for Boys and Girls Or, Temporal Things Spritualized.
... Christ is risen. The shell doth crack, the chick doth chirp and peep,
The flesh decays, as men do pray and weep. The shell doth ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a book for boys and.htm

The Obedience of Faith
... The obedience of a slave ranks very little higher than the obedience of a
well-trained horse or dog, for it is tuned to the crack of the whip. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/the obedience of faith.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

2. (v. t.) To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

3. (v. t.) To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

4. (v. t.) To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.

5. (v. t.) To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up.

6. (v. i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

7. (v. i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

8. (v. i.) To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

9. (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of.

10. (n.) A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

11. (n.) Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

12. (n.) A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.

13. (n.) The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

14. (n.) Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.

15. (n.) A crazy or crack-brained person.

16. (n.) A boast; boasting.

17. (n.) Breach of chastity.

18. (n.) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

19. (n.) A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.

20. (n.) Free conversation; friendly chat.

21. (a.) of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.

Thesaurus

Crack (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To break or burst, with or without entire
separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts. ...
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Check (9 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) Small chick or crack. 9 ... extended. 14. (vt) To make checks or chinks
in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber. 15. ...
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Cracked (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Crack. 2. (a.) Coarsely ground or broken;
as, cracked wheat. 3. (a.) Crack-brained. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Flaw (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion;
as, a flaw in a knife or a vase. ... 5. (vt) To crack; to make flaws in. ...
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Bottle (28 Occurrences)
... that the leather underwent distension once and only once under fermentation, and
the further fact that the wine-skins became dried and liable to crack from the ...
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Chip (2 Occurrences)
... to hew. 2. (vt) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an
eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery. 3. (vt) To ...
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Cleft (15 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft
of a rock. ... 8. (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. ...
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Crevice (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack
in a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. 2. (vt) To crack; to flaw. ...
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Chop (5 Occurrences)
... 12. (n.) A change; a vicissitude. 13. (vt & i.) To crack. See Chap, vt & i. 14.
(n.) The act of chopping; a stroke. ... 16. (n.) A crack or cleft. See Chap. 17. ...
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Spring (122 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine. 12. (vt) To crack or split;
to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard. 13. ...
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Bible Concordance

Crack (5 Occurrences)

Judges 15:8 And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.
(BBE)

Judges 15:11 Then three thousand of the men of Judah went down to the crack of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Is it not clear to you that the Philistines are our rulers? What is this you have done to us? And he said to them, I only did to them as they did to me.
(BBE)

Judges 15:19 Then God made a crack in the hollow rock in Lehi and water came out of it; and after drinking, his spirit came back to him and he was strong again; so that place was named En-hakkore; it is in Lehi to this day.
(BBE)

Isaiah 30:13 This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.
(BBE NIV)

Nahum 3:2 The crack of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the bounding chariots!
(DBY RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Crack

Related Terms

Check (9 Occurrences)

Cracked (6 Occurrences)

Flaw (3 Occurrences)

Bottle (28 Occurrences)

Chip (2 Occurrences)

Cleft (15 Occurrences)

Crevice (1 Occurrence)