Word Study · Strong's G4682 · Greek
σπαράσσω
sparasso
spar-as'-so
Strong's 1890 spelling: sparássō
“apparently strengthened from through the idea of spasmodic contraction)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
apparently strengthened from through the idea of spasmodic contraction); to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy
Rendered in the KJV as
rend, tear.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- σπαράξαν1
- σπαράξας1
- σπαράσσει1
How it is rendered · 3
- having thrown into convulsions1
- it throws into convulsions1
- throwing into convulsions1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1
- verb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAP-NSM · 1
- V-AAP-NSN · 1
- V-PAI-3S · 1
All 3, in canonical order
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Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 1:26σπαράξανsparaxanverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · neuter singularAt this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.here: having thrown into convulsions
- Mark 9:26σπαράξαςsparaxasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAfter shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”here: throwing into convulsions