Quick Definition
I tear apart, burst
Strong's Definition
to draw apart, i.e. sever or dismember
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G4685 (σπάω);
KJV Usage: pluck asunder, pull in pieces
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διασπάω: Passive (perfect infinitive διεσπάσθαι); 1 aorist διεσπασθην; to rend asunder, break asunder: τάς ἁλύσεις, Mar_5:4 (τάς νευράς, Jdg_16:9); of a man, to tear in pieces: Act_23:10 (τούς ἄνδρας κρεουργηδόν, Herodotus 3, 13).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διασπάω diaspaō 2x
to pull or tear asunder or in pieces, burst, Mar_5:4 ; Act_23:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια -σπάω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5423 , as Jdg_16:9 ;]
to break or tear asunder: pass ., ἁλύσεις , Mar_5:4 ; Παῦλος , Act_23:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διασπάω [page 153]
Syll 510 .11 (ii/B.C.) οἱ δὲ λαχόντες διαιρείτωσαν καθ οὓς ἂν ἕκαστοι τόπους λάχωσιν μὴ διασπῶντες μήτε τὰ τοῦ τοκιστοῦ μέρη μήτε τὰ τοῦ γεωργοῦ , ἀλλὰ τὰ μέρη τέμνοντες συνεχῆ ἀλλήλοις .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διασπάω fut. -σπάσω attic -σπάσομαι aor1 -έσπα^σα Pass., aor1 -εσπάσθην perf. -έσπασμαι "to tear asunder, part forcibly", Lat. divellere, Hdt. , Eur. , etc.; δ. τὸ σταύρωμα "to tear down" the palisade, Xen. : —Pass., perf. part. διεσπασμένος "torn asunder", Hdt. , Dem. in military sense, "to separate" part of an army from the rest, Xen. :—Pass., στράτευμα διεσπασμένον "scattered" and "in disorder", Thuc. ;—of soldiers, also, "to be distributed in quarters", Xen. metaph. "to distract, throw into disorder", id=Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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