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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #4977 - σχίζω

Transliteration

schízō

Phonetics

skhid'-zo

Origin

apparently a primary verb

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

7:959,1130

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to cleave, cleave asunder, rend
to divide by rending
to split into factions, be divided

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1234 ‑ בָּקַע (baw‑kah'); 7121 ‑ קָרָא (kaw‑raw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (12)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 4

Acts 2

BSB (11)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 3

John 2

Acts 2

CSB (11)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 3

John 2

Acts 2

ESV (10)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 2

Acts 2

KJV (11)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 3

Acts 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (11)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 3

John 2

Acts 2

N95 (11)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 3

John 2

Acts 2

NAS (11)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 3

John 2

Acts 2

NLT (11)

Matthew 3

Mark 3

Luke 6

John 2

Acts 4

WEB (12)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 4

Acts 2

YLT (10)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 2

Acts 2

ASV (12)

let us 1

rend 1

rent 2

was 1

was divided 2

was rent 3

were rent 1

will rend 1

BSB (11)

breaking open 1

he will tear 1

let us not tear it 1

tears 1

was divided 1

was not torn 1

was torn 3

were divided 1

were split 1

CSB (11)

divided 2

down 1

open 1

split 3

tear 2

tears 1

torn 1

ESV (10)

divided 2

rend 1

split 1

torn 4

torn open 1

us 1

KJV (11)

broken 1

divided 2

opened 1

rend 1

rent 5

us 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (11)

divided 2

opening 1

split 1

tear 2

tears 1

torn 4

N95 (11)

divided 2

opening 1

split 1

tear 2

tears 1

torn 4

NAS (11)

divided 2

opening 1

split 1

tear 2

tears 1

torn 4

NLT (11)

apart 3

divided 2

ruined 1

tears 1

torn 4

WEB (12)

parting 1

tear 1

torn 1

was divided 2

was torn 3

were split 1

will tear 1

YLT (10)

dividing 1

doth make a rent 1

rend 1

rent 1

was divided 2

was rent 3

were rent 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

ANT

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

BEZ

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

BGB

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

BMT

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

BYZ

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

ELZ

V-AAPNSM 1

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPPAPM 1

NA26

V-1AASP 1

V-3APIP 1

V-3APIS 6

V-3FAIS 1

V-AAPNSM 1

V-PPPAPM 1

SBL

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

SCV

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

STV

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

TIS

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

TRG

V-AAPNSM 1

V-AAS-1P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 6

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPPAPM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σχίζω,

Hdt. 2.17, S. El. 99 (anap.), etc.: poet. impf. σχίζον Pi. P. 4.228: fut. σχίσω LXX Su. 55: aor. ἔσχισα Od. 4.507 (ἀπο-), h.Merc. 128, etc., σχίσσα Hes. Sc. 428: — Pass., fut. σχισθήσομαι LXX Zechariah 14:4 : pf. ἔσχισμαι (v. infr.): —

split, cleave, ῥινὸν ὀνύχεσσι Hes. l.c.; ἔσχισε δώδεκα μοίρας, i.e. divided them into twelve parts, h.Merc. l.c.; ς. νῶτον γᾶς, of the plough, Pi. l.c.; σχίσσαις κεραυνῷ Ζεὺς χθόνα Id. N. 9.24; ποδὶ γᾶν Id. Fr. 167; κάρα πελέκει S. l.c.; esp. of wood, X. An. 1.5.12, etc.; of the wind, ς. περὶ πρῷραν τὰ κύματα Simon. 25 (dub.); but πρῷρα ς. τὸ κῦμα Luc. Amos 6:1-14; [ θάλασσα] σχιζομένη ταῖς κώπαις Placit. 3.3.2; ἔσχισε νῆα θάλασσα shattered it, AP 9.40 (Zos.); ς. ὑποδήματα cut out, opp. νευρορραφεῖν, X. Cyr. 8.2.5 (cf. πρόσχισμα); tear, ἱμάτιον Gloss.; τριβώνιον ἐσχισμένον BGU 928.20, 22 (iii A.D.); οἱ ἀποθανόντες ἐσχισμένοις ἐνειλοῦνται ῥάκεσιν ὡς καὶ τὰ βρέφη Artem. 1.13.

2. generally, part, separate, divide, Νεῖλος μέσην Αἴγυπτον σχίζων Hdt.l.c., cf. 4.49; ς. διχῇ τὸ γένος Pl. Sph. 264d; κατὰ μῆκος Id. Ti. 36b; ς. τὰς φλέβας divide them, ib. 77d: — Pass., σχισθέντα A. Ag. 623; φλὲψ σχιζομένη Hp. Art. 20; ἐσχίσθη ὁ ποταμός Hdt. 1.75; Νεῖλος σχίζεται τριφασίας ὁδούς branches into three channels, Id. 2.17, cf. 15 (so ὁ λύχνος ἔσχισται διδύμην φλόγα AP 12.199 (Strat.)); περὶ ὃ σχίζεται τὸ τοῦ Νείλου ῥεῦμα Pl. Ti. 21e; σχιζομένης τῆς ὁδοῦ Hdt. 7.31; ἡ στρατιὴ ἐσχίζετο the army divided, Id. 8.34; of a bird's wings (cf. σχιζόπτερος), Arist. PA 642b28; of feet divided into toes (cf. σχιζόπους), Id. HA 494a12; and of various parts of the body, ib. 495b4, 507a13; branch off, ἀπὸ [τοῦ στελέχους ] Thphr. HP 1.1.9; φύλλα ἐσχισμένα εἰς έ μοίρας Dsc. 4.41.

3. σχίζειν γάλα make milk curdle, i. e. separate the whey from the curds, Id. 2.70; cf. σχίσις 2.

II metaph. of divided opinions, σφεων ἐσχίζοντο αἱ γνῶμαι Hdt. 7.219, cf. X. Smp. 4.59; ἐσχίσθησαν ταῖς γνώμαις Gal. 16.728. (Cf. Lat. scindo, Goth. skaidan 'separate', etc.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σχίζω ((Luke 5:36 R G L marginal reading)); future (σχίσω (Luke 5:36 L text T Tr text WH (cf. Buttmann, 37 (32f))); 1 aorist ἐσχισα; passive, present participle σχιζόμενος; 1 aorist ἐσχίσθην; (allied with Latinscindo, caedo, etc. (cf. Curtius, § 295)); from ((Homer h. Merc.)) Hesiod down; the Sept. several times for בָּקַע , Isaiah 37:1 for קָרַע ; to cleave, cleave asunder, rend: τί, Luke 5:36; passive, αἱ πέτραι, Matthew 27:51; οἱ οὐρανοί, Mark 1:10; τό καταπέτασμα, Luke 23:45; with εἰς δύο added, into two parts, in twain ((εἰς δύο μέρη, of a river, Polybius 2, 16, 11)), Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; τό δίκτυον, John 21:11; to divide by rending, τί, John 19:24. tropically, in the passive, to be split into factions, be divided: Acts 14:4; Acts 23:7, (Xenophon, conv. 4, 59; τοῦ πλήθους σχιζομενου κατά αἵρεσιν, Diodorus 12, 66).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σχίζω ,

[in LXX chiefly for H1234;]

to cleave, rend: Matthew 27:51, Mark 1:10; Mark 15:38, Luke 5:36; Luke 23:45, John 19:24; John 21:11; metaph., in pass., to be divided into factions, Acts 14:4; Acts 23:7.†

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

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

This rare word = ";cover with ashes"; or ";reduce to ashes"; is found in the NT only in 2 Peter 2:6. Commentators cite Dio Cass. lxvi. p. 1094 τῶν ἐν μέσῳ κραυρουμένων (";being parched";) καὶ τεφρουμένων (";being overwhelmed with ashes";)—a description of an eruption of Vesuvius, and Lycophron Cass. 227 τεφρώσας γυῖα Λημναίῳ πυρί.

The adj. τεφρός, ";ash-coloured,"; is used of a bird in PSI VI. 569.6 (B.C. 253–2) ἄλλος (sc. ὄρνις) ἄρσην τεφρὸς ὀξυ [ωπής, cited by Preisigke Wörterb. s.v.

List of Word Forms

έσχισαν έσχισε εσχισθη εσχίσθη ἐσχίσθη εσχισθησαν εσχίσθησαν ἐσχίσθησαν σχίζει σχιζομενους σχιζομένους σχίζων σχισας σχίσας σχισει σχίσει σχισθήσεται σχισωμεν σχίσωμεν eschisthe eschisthē eschísthe eschísthē eschisthesan eschisthēsan eschísthesan eschísthēsan schisas schísas schisei schísei schisomen schisōmen schísomen schísōmen schizomenous schizoménous