BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G4978
schisma — split
σχίσμα, -τος, τό (σχίζω), a rent (Arist., al.): Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21. Metaphorical, a dissension, division: Jhn.7:43 9:16 10:19, 1Co.1:10 11:18 12:25.† SYN.: see: αἵρεσις (AS)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G141
ahiretikos — schismatic
αἱρετικός, -ή, όν (αἱρέομαι), 1. capable of choosing (Plat.). 2. causing division, heretical, factious (Cremer, 614): as subst., Tit.3:10. † (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9383
schismē — a fissure
a fissure
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A separation, an alienation causing divisions among Christians, who ought to be united (1 Cor. 12:25).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
