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)
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G4682 — σπαράσσω
sparassō · to convulse · Greek
3 tagged verse occurrences
Mark 1:26 · σπαράξανThe unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.Mark 9:26 · σπαράξαςHaving cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”Luke 9:39 · σπαράσσειBehold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.