Strong's Lexicon
G1288
G1288 — διασπάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1288 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διασπάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1223 and G4685 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | diaspao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-as-pah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to draw apart, i.e. sever or dismember |
| KJV Renderings: | pluck asunder, pull in pieces |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διασπάω: Passive (perfect infinitive διεσπάσθαι); 1 aorist διεσπασθην; to rend asunder, break asunder: τάς ἁλύσεις, Mar 5:4 (τάς νευράς, Jdg 16:9); of a man, to tear in pieces: Act 23:10 (τούς ἄνδρας κρεουργηδόν, Herodotus 3, 13).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διασπάω (pluck asunder)
Mark 5:4
- KJV: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains and the chains had been plucked asunder by him and the fetters broken in pieces neither could any tame him
- GK: διά το αυτόν πολλάκις πέδαις και αλύσεσι δεδέσθαι και διεσπάσθαι υπ΄ αυτού τας αλύσεις και τας πέδας συντετρίφθαι και ουδείς αυτόν ίσχυε δαμάσαι
Acts 23:10
- KJV: And when there arose a great dissension the chief captain fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him by force from among them and to bring into the castle
- GK: πολλής δε γενομένης στάσεως ευλαβηθείς ο χιλίαρχος μη διασπασθή ο Παύλος υπ΄ αυτών εκέλευσε το στράτευμα καταβήναι και αρπάσαι αυτόν εκ μέσου αυτών άγειν τε εις την παρεμβολήν