Quick Definition
διαπρίω v. I cut to the quick
Strong's Definition
to saw asunder, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and the base of G4249 (πρίζω);
KJV Usage: cut (to the heart)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-πρίω : impf. pass. διεπριόμην ; to saw asunder or in twain, to divide by a saw: 1 Chr. xx. 3; Plat. conv. p. 193 a.; Arstph. eqq. 768,and elsewhere. Pass. trop. to be sawn through mentally, i. e. to be rent with vexation, [A. V. cut to the heart], Acts v. 33; with the addition ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, Acts vii. 54 (cf. Lk. ii. 35); μεγάλως ἐχαλέπαινον καὶ διεπρίοντο καθ᾽ ἡμῶν, Euseb. ἢ. 6. 5, 1, 6 [15 ed. Heinich. ; ef. Gataker, Advers. misc. col. 916 g.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαπρίω diapriō 2x
to divide with a saw, saw asunder; to grate the teeth in a rage; pass. met. to be cut to the heart, to be enraged, Acts 5:33; 7:54*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-πρίω
[in LXX: I Ch 20:3 (שׂוּר) * ;]
to saw asunder. Pass., metaph. (vernacular?), EV, cut to the heart: Ac 5:33; seq. τ. καρδίαις αὐτῶν, Ac 7:54.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διαπρίω. The literal sense of this word is seen in Sy// 58.150, 804 (B.c. 329-8), Michel 5941% (B.C. 279) ξύλον διαπρίσαντι Θεοδήμωι. For the subst. cf. the Delphic inscr. in BCH xxvi. p. 928 ξύλων [MJaxcSov[uxadv peloddpay διαπρίωστιος : Herwerden compares διαπρίωτος in Hippocrates.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διαπρίω (diapriō) — be furious. δια-πρίω [ρῑ], saw through, saw asunder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; split, κύμινον [Refs 4th c.AD+]:— passive, [NT+5th c.BC+]
II. δ. τοὺς ὀδόντας gnash the teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. διαπρίεται· διαγοράζει, μαίνεται, [Refs 5th c.AD+]