Greek verb · G4977
σχίζω
schizoskhid'-zo
to split
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: schízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4977is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4977
to split or sever (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: break, divide, open, rend, make a rent.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
schizo is rendered "to split". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Matthew 27:51ἐσχίσθη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- was torn4
- Was divided2
- having torn1
- let us tear up1
- tearing open1
- were split1
- will tear1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐσχίσθη6
- ἐσχίσθησαν1
- σχιζομένους1
- σχίσας1
- σχίσει1
- σχίσωμεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-API-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural1V-AAS-1P
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-PPP-APM
Matthew
two uses
At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- ἐσχίσθηeschistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was torn
- ἐσχίσθησανeschisthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were split
Mark
two uses
As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.
- σχιζομένουςschizomenousverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: tearing open
And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
- ἐσχίσθηeschistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was torn
Luke
three uses
He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
- σχίσαςschisasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having torn
- σχίσειschiseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will tear
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
- ἐσχίσθηeschistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was torn
John
two uses
So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
- σχίσωμενschisomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us tear up
So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn.
- ἐσχίσθηeschistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was torn
Acts
two uses
The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
- ἐσχίσθηeschistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Was divided
As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
- ἐσχίσθηeschistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was divided
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.