Greek noun (neuter) · G4978
σχίσμα
schismaskhis'-mah
split
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: schísma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4978is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4978
a split or gap ("schism"), literally or figuratively
The King James renders it: division, rent, schism.
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
schisma is rendered "split". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
Matthew 9:16σχίσμα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in John.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- division3
- divisions2
- A division1
- a tear1
- 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.
The words it stands beside
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- σχίσμα6
- σχίσματα2
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular6N-NSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1N-NPN
Matthew
one use
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
- σχίσμαschismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: tear
Mark
one use
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
- σχίσμαschismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a tear
John
three uses
So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.
- Σχίσμαschismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: A division
Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
- σχίσμαschismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: division
Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.
- Σχίσμαschismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Division
1 Corinthians
three uses
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
- σχίσματαschismatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: divisions
First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
- σχίσματαschismatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: divisions
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
- σχίσμαschismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: division
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.