Schízō — G4977

Definition

verb

to split or sever (literally or figuratively)

1. to cleave, cleave asunder, rend
2. with εἰς δύο added, into two parts, in twain
3. to divide by rending, τί

Usually translated as

make a rent, rend, break, divide, open

Origin

apparently a primary verb

Occurrences

Schízō occurs 10 times in 9 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (2), Luke (2), John (2), Acts (2)

• Matthew 27:51 — And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent (ἐσχίσθη) in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
• Matthew 27:51 — And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent (ἐσχίσθησαν);
• Mark 1:10 — And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened (σχιζομένους), and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
• Mark 15:38 — And the veil of the temple was rent (ἐσχίσθη) in twain from the top to the bottom.
• Luke 5:36 — And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent (σχιζει), and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
• Luke 23:45 — And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent (ἐσχίσθη) in the midst.
• John 19:24 — They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend (σχίσωμεν) it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
• John 21:11 — Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken (ἐσχίσθη).
• Acts 14:4 — But the multitude of the city was divided (ἐσχίσθη): and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
• Acts 23:7 — And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided (ἐσχίσθη).