διασπάω
diaspaō · tear apart
Greek word · Strong’s number G1288 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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diaspaō (διασπάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tear apart”.
Break in pieces.
How to say it
di·as·pa·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To rip asunder violently.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- had been torn apart ×1
- would be torn to pieces ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 5:4
because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
- Acts 23:10
And when the dissension became great, the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down, snatch him from their midst, and bring him into the barracks.