G4977: σχίζω
schízō · “to split”
Definition
to split or sever (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: break, divide, open, rend, make a rent
Word origin: apparently a primary verb;
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly for בָּקַע ;]
to cleave, rend: Mat.27:51, Mrk.1:10 15:38, Luk.5:36 23:45, Jhn.19:24 21:11; metaphorically, in pass., to be divided into factions, Act.14:4 23:7.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4977 is translated
- was torn ×4
- was divided ×2
- were split, ×1
- tearing open ×1
- having torn ×1
- will tear, ×1
- let us tear up ×1
Bible verses with G4977 (schízō)
Schízō appears in 9 verses.
- Matthew 27:51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Mark 1:10
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
- Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
- Luke 5:36
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
- Luke 23:45
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- John 19:24
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
- John 21:11
Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
- Acts 14:4
But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
- Acts 23:7
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.