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Strong's #4249 - πρίζω

Transliteration

prízō

Phonetics

prid'-zo

Root Word (Etymology)

a strengthened form of a primary prio (to saw)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to saw, to cut in two with a saw

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Hebrews 1

NAS (2)

Hebrews 2

HCS (1)

Hebrews 1

BSB (1)

Hebrews 1

ESV (1)

Hebrews 1

WEB (1)

Hebrews 1

KJV (1)

asunder 1

NAS (2)

sawn 1

two 1

HCS (1)

they were sawed in two 1

BSB (1)

they were sawed in two 1

ESV (1)

sawn in two 1

WEB (1)

They were sawn apart 1

RAH

V-IAI3P 1

ANT

V-API-3P 1

BEZ

V-API-3P 1

BGB

V-AIP-3P 1

BMT

V-API-3P 1

BYZ

V-API-3P 1

ELZ

V-API-3P 1

NA26

V-API-3P 1

SBL

V-3APIP 1

SCV

V-API-3P 1

STV

V-API-3P 1

TIS

V-API-3P 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πρίζω,

= πρίω, saw, Pl. Thg. 124b (s.v.l.), D.S. 4.76, Heliod. ap. Orib. 47.14.3: impf. ἔπριζον LXX Amos 1:3 .

II file, ῥίνῃ πρίζειν Gal. 12.848 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πρίζω (or πρίω, which see): 1 aorist passive ἐπρίσθην; to saw, to cut in two with a saw: Hebrews 11:37. To be 'sawn asunder' was a kind of punishment among the Hebrews (2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 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 ). (Amos 1:3; Susanna 59; Plato, Theag., p. 124 b. and frequent in later writings.)

STRONGS NT 4249: πρίω πρίω, see πρίζω. (Compare: διαπρίω.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πρίζω

= πρίω ,

[in LXX: Amos 1:3, Da TH Su 1:59 *;]

to saw, saw asunder (= Papyri δίχα , Thuc., iv, 100): pass, Hebrews 11:37 (cf. δια -πρίω ).†

πρίω , see πρίζω .

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

έπριζον επρισθησαν επρίσθησαν ἐπρίσθησαν epristhesan epristhēsan eprísthesan eprísthēsan