Strong’s G4682 · Greek
σπαράσσω
sparássō · spar-as'-so
Origin prolongation from σπαίρω (to grasp;
Meaning apparently strengthened from σπάω (G4685) through the idea of spasmodic contraction); to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy
In the King James Version rend, tear.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Mark 1:26And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
- Mark 9:20And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
- Mark 9:26And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
- Luke 9:39And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.