πρίζω (or πρίω, which see): 1 aorist passive ἐπρίσθην; to saw, to cut in two with a saw: Heb_11:37. To be 'sawn asunder' was a kind of punishment among the Hebrews (2Sa_12:31; 1Ch_20:3), which according to ancient tradition was inflicted on the prophet Isaiah; cf. Winers RWB, under the word Säge; Roskoff in Schenkel 5:135; (B. D., under the word ). (Amo_1:3; Susanna 59; Plato, Theag., p. 124 b. and frequent in later writings.) STRONGS NT 4249: πρίωπρίω, see πρίζω. (Compare: διαπρίω.)

πρίζω prizō 1x also spelled πρίω , t o saw, saw in two, Heb_11:37

πρίζω = πρίω , [in LXX : Amo_1:3 , Da TH Su 1:59 * ;] to saw, saw asunder ( = Papyri δίχα , Thuc ., iv, 100): pass , Heb_11:37 ( cf. δια -πρίω ).† πρίω , see πρίζω .

πρίζω [page 536] This rare Hellenistic verb = πρίω , saw asunder ( Heb_11:37 ), is used of date-palms in CP Herm I. 28 .11 φοίνικες . . ἄπρ [ιστοι π ]επρισμ [ένοι : cf. P Oxy XIV. 1752 .2 (A.D. 378), an order of payment to two πρίσταις , sawyers, for repairs on a boat. For a curious word-play between πρῖνος and πρίζω see Th. Sus. 58 f.

πρίζω = πρίω, [in LXX: Amo.1:3, Da TH Su 1:59 * ;] to saw, saw asunder (= π. δίχα, Thuc., iv, 100): pass, Heb.11:37 (cf. δια-πρίω).† (AS)