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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - σπαράσσω

σπαράσσω

G4682

Transliteration: sparássō

Pronunciation: spar-as'-so

Definition: rend


- Original: σπαράσσω

- Transliteration: Sparasso

- Phonetic: spar-as'-so

- Definition:

1. to convulse, tear

- Origin: prolongation from spairo (to grasp, apparently strengthened from G4685" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4685 through the idea of spasmodic contraction)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Prolongation from σπαίρω spairō̄ (to gasp; apparently strengthened from G4685" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4685 through the idea of spasmodic contraction); to mangle that is convulse with epilepsy: - rend tear.


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