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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 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.
- 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