Sparasso means “rend” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4682 — matstsah (“without leaven”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4682 σπαράσσω (sparasso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sparasso (spar-as'-so) v. 1. to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy [prolongation from spairo "to grasp" (apparently strengthened from G4685 through the idea of spasmodic contraction)] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include spirit, torn, out, bowels, and heart. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
sparasso (spar-as'-so) v. 1. to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy [prolongation from spairo "to grasp" (apparently strengthened from G4685 through the idea of spasmodic contraction)] KJV: rend, tear Root(s): G4685
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4682. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to convulse
Usage: σπαράσσω [in LXX: 2Ki.22:8 B (גָּעַשׁ hith.), Jhn.4:19 (הָמָה) Dan LXX 8:7 (שָׁלַךְ hi.), 3Ma.4:6 * ;] __1. to tear, rend, mangle. __2. to convulse: Mrk.1:26 (see Swete, in l) Mrk.9:26, Luk.9:39 (cf. συν-σπαράσσω).† (AS)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4682 (σπαράσσω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the earth was troubled and quaked, And the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, Because the Lord was wroth with them.
I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Girls who had entered the bridal chamber quite lately, to enjoy the partnership of marriage, exchanged pleasure for misery; and with dust scattered upon their myrrh-anointed heads, were hurried along unveiled, and, in the midst of outlandish insults, set up with one accord a lamentable cry in lieu of the marriage hymn.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4682.
And the earth was troubled and quaked, And the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, Because the Lord was wroth with them.
I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;
And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
Girls who had entered the bridal chamber quite lately, to enjoy the partnership of marriage, exchanged pleasure for misery; and with dust scattered upon their myrrh-anointed heads, were hurried along unveiled, and, in the midst of outlandish insults, set up with one accord a lamentable cry in lieu of the marriage hymn.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4682, grouped by book.
Sparasso (Strong's G4682) is a Greek word most simply glossed "rend". sparasso (spar-as'-so) v. 1. to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy [prolongation from spairo "to grasp" (apparently strengthened from G4685 through the idea of spasmodic contraction)]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G4682 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4682 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as spirit, torn, out, bowels, heart, and soul. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4682, with linked reader references where each row is available.