G1288: διασπάω
diaspáō · “to tear apart”
Definition
to draw apart, i.e. sever or dismember
KJV translates it as: pluck asunder, pull in pieces
Extended definition
δια-σπάω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for נָתַק, as Jdg.16:9 ;]
to break or tear asunder: pass., ἁλύσεις, Mrk.5:4; Παῦλος, Act.23:10.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נָתַק, as Jdg.16:9 ;]
to break or tear asunder: pass., ἁλύσεις, Mrk.5:4; Παῦλος, Act.23:10.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1288 is translated
- to have been torn apart ×1
- may be torn to pieces ×1
Bible verses with G1288 (diaspáō)
Diaspáō appears in 2 verses.
- Mark 5:4
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 man tame him.
- Acts 23:10
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 him into the castle.