Strong's Lexicon
G4682
G4682 — σπαράσσω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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