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Lexicon :: Strong's G4978 - schisma

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σχίσμα
Transliteration
schisma (Key)
Pronunciation
skhis'-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
8x in 2 unique form(s) TR
8x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:963,1130

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

σχίσμα schísma, skhis'-mah; from G4977; a split or gap ("schism"), literally or figuratively:—division, rent, schism.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G4978 in the following manner: division (5x), rent (2x), schism (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G4978 in the following manner: division (5x), rent (2x), schism (1x).

  1. a rent

  2. metaph. a division, dissension

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σχίσμα schísma, skhis'-mah; from G4977; a split or gap ("schism"), literally or figuratively:—division, rent, schism.
STRONGS G4978:
σχίσμα, σχισματος, τό (σχίζω), a cleft, rent;
a. properly, a rent: Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21 (Aristotle, Theophrastus).
b. metaphorically, a division, dissension: John 7:43; John 9:16; John 10:19; 1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 11:18; 1 Corinthians 12:25 (ecclesiastical writings (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 2, 6 [ET], etc.; 'Teaching' 4, 3 [ET]; etc.)). (Cf. references under the word αἵρεσις, 5.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
9:16
Mark
2:21
John
7:43; 9:16; 10:19
1 Corinthians
1:10; 11:18; 12:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4978 matches the Greek σχίσμα (schisma),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:16 - But no one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment, for its filling up takes from the garment and a worse rent takes place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 - No one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment: otherwise its new filling-up takes from the old stuff, and there is a worse rent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:43 - There was a division therefore in the crowd on account of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:16 - Some of the Pharisees therefore said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was a division among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:19 - There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:10 - Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be not among you divisions; but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same opinion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:18 - For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:25 - that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another.
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