Strong's Greek: 4977. σχίζω (schizó) -- To split, divide, tear apart

Strong's Lexicon

schizó: To split, divide, tear apart

Original Word: σχίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: schizó
Pronunciation: skee'-zo
Phonetic Spelling: (skhid'-zo)
Definition: To split, divide, tear apart
Meaning: I rend, divide asunder, cleave.

Word Origin: A primary verb

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H1234 (בָּקַע, baqa): To cleave, break open, or divide.

- H7167 (קָרַע, qara): To tear, rend, or split.

Usage: The Greek verb "schizó" primarily means to split, divide, or tear apart. It is used in the New Testament to describe physical actions such as the tearing of cloth or the splitting of rocks, as well as metaphorical divisions, such as divisions among people or within communities.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient world, the act of tearing or splitting was often symbolic. For example, the tearing of garments was a sign of mourning or distress. In Jewish culture, the tearing of the temple veil at the moment of Jesus' death (Matthew 27:51) symbolized the removal of the barrier between God and humanity, granting believers direct access to God through Christ.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from a prim. root schid-
Definition
to cleave, split
NASB Translation
divided (2), opening (1), split (1), tear (2), tears (1), torn (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4977: σχίζω

σχίζω ((Luke 5:36 R G L marginal reading)); future (σχίσω (Luke 5:36 L text T Tr text WH (cf. Buttmann, 37 (32f))); 1 aorist ἐσχισα; passive, present participle σχιζόμενος; 1 aorist ἐσχίσθην; (allied with Latinscindo, caedo, etc. (cf. Curtius, § 295)); from ((Homer h. Merc.)) Hesiod down; the Sept. several times for בָּקַע , Isaiah 37:1 for קָרַע ; to cleave, cleave asunder, rend: τί, Luke 5:36; passive, αἱ πέτραι, Matthew 27:51; οἱ οὐρανοί, Mark 1:10; τό καταπέτασμα, Luke 23:45; with εἰς δύο added, into two parts, in twain ((εἰς δύο μέρη, of a river, Polybius 2, 16, 11)), Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; τό δίκτυον, John 21:11; to divide by rending, τί, John 19:24. tropically, in the passive, to be split into factions, be divided: Acts 14:4; Acts 23:7, (Xenophon, conv. 4, 59; τοῦ πλήθους σχιζομενου κατά αἵρεσιν, Diodorus 12, 66).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

split, divide, rend

Apparently a primary verb; to split or sever (literally or figuratively) -- break, divide, open, rend, make a rent.

Forms and Transliterations

έσχισαν έσχισε εσχισθη εσχίσθη ἐσχίσθη εσχισθησαν εσχίσθησαν ἐσχίσθησαν σχίζει σχιζομενους σχιζομένους σχίζων σχισας σχίσας σχισει σχίσει σχισθήσεται σχισωμεν σχίσωμεν eschisthe eschisthē eschísthe eschísthē eschisthesan eschisthēsan eschísthesan eschísthēsan schisas schísas schisei schísei schisomen schisōmen schísomen schísōmen schizomenous schizoménous

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