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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 - 'And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 - 'And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not -- the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:43 - A division, therefore, arose among the multitude because of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:16 - Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, 'This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;' others said, 'How is a man -- a sinful one -- able to do such signs?' and there was a division among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:19 - Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:10 - And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:18 - for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe it,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:25

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