Strong's Lexicon

G4682

G4682 — σπαράσσω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreeksparassoverbOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4682
Word:σπαράσσω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:prolongation from spairo "to grasp" (apparently strengthened from G4685 through the idea of spasmodic contraction)
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:sparasso
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:spar-as'-so
Meaning:1. to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy
KJV Renderings:rend, tear

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σπαράσσω; 1 aorist ἐσπαραξα; to convulse (others, tear): τινα, Mar 1:26; Mar 9:20 R G Tr text, 26; Luk 9:39; see ῤήγνυμι, c. (τάς γναθους, Aristophanes ran. 424; τάς τρίχας, Diodorus 19, 34; in various other senses in Greek writings) (Compare: συνσπαράσσω.)

Englishman's Greek Concordance

σπαράσσω (rend)

Mark 1:26

KJV: And when the unclean spirit had torn him and cried with a loud voice he came out of him
GK: και σπαράξαν αυτόν το πνεύμα το ακάθαρτον και κράξαν φωνή μεγάλη εξήλθεν εξ αυτού

Mark 9:20

KJV: And they brought him unto him and when he saw him straightway the spirit tare him and he fell on the ground and wallowed foaming
GK: και ήνεγκαν αυτόν προς αυτόν και ιδών αυτόν ευθέως το πνεύμα εσπάραξεν αυτόν και πεσών επί της γης εκυλίετο αφρίζων

Mark 9:26

KJV: And cried and rent him sore and came out and he was as one dead insomuch that many said He is dead
GK: και κράξαν και πολλά σπαράξαν αυτόν εξήλθε και εγένετο ωσεί νεκρός ώστε πολλούς λέγειν ότι απέθανεν

Luke 9:39

KJV: And lo a spirit taketh him and he suddenly crieth out and it teareth him that he foameth again and bruising him hardly departeth from him
GK: και ιδού πνεύμα λαμβάνει αυτόν και εξαίφνης κράζει και σπαράσσει αυτόν μετά αφρού και μόγις αποχωρεί απ΄ αυτού συντρίβον αυτόν
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