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Lexicon :: Strong's G4977 - schizō

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σχίζω
Transliteration
schizō (Key)
Pronunciation
skhid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary verb
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TDNT Reference: 7:959,1130

Strong’s Definitions

σχίζω schízō, skhid'-zo; apparently a primary verb; to split or sever (literally or figuratively):—break, divide, open, rend, make a rent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4977 in the following manner: rend (5x), divide (2x), open (1x), break (1x), make a rent (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4977 in the following manner: rend (5x), divide (2x), open (1x), break (1x), make a rent (1x).

  1. to cleave, cleave asunder, rend

  2. to divide by rending

  3. to split into factions, be divided

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σχίζω schízō, skhid'-zo; apparently a primary verb; to split or sever (literally or figuratively):—break, divide, open, rend, make a rent.
STRONGS G4977:
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).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
37:1
Matthew
27:51; 27:51
Mark
1:10; 15:38
Luke
5:36; 5:36; 5:36; 23:45
John
19:24; 21:11
Acts
14:4; 23:7

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Strong's Number G4977 matches the Greek σχίζω (schizō),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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