Definition

to tear all around, i.e. completely away

Etymology

from G4012 (περί) and G4486 (ῥήγνυμι);

Word family

• περί perí
• ῥήγνυμι rhḗgnymi

How the KJV renders it

• rend off

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.