King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4682
Transliteration: sparassō
Phonetic Spelling: (spar-as'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to mangle, convulse
Meaning: to mangle, convulse
σπαράσσω; 1 aorist ἐσπαραξα; to convulse (others, tear): τινα, Mark 1:26; Mark 9:20 R G Tr text, 26; Luke 9:39; see ῤήγνυμι, c. (τάς γναθους, Aristophanes ran. 424; τάς τρίχας, Diodorus 19, 34; in various other senses in Greek writings) (Compare: συνσπαράσσω.)
Word Summary
sparassō: to mangle, convulse
Original Word: σπαράσσωTransliteration: sparassō
Phonetic Spelling: (spar-as'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to mangle, convulse
Meaning: to mangle, convulse
Strong's Concordance
to convulse, shake to and froProlongation from spairo (to grasp; apparently strengthened from spao through the idea of spasmodic contraction); to mangle, i.e. Convluse with epilepsy -- rend, tear.
see GREEK spao
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4682: σπαράσσωσπαράσσω; 1 aorist ἐσπαραξα; to convulse (others, tear): τινα, Mark 1:26; Mark 9:20 R G Tr text, 26; Luke 9:39; see ῤήγνυμι, c. (τάς γναθους, Aristophanes ran. 424; τάς τρίχας, Diodorus 19, 34; in various other senses in Greek writings) (Compare: συνσπαράσσω.)