Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
apparently strengthened from G4685 (σπάω) through the idea of spasmodic contraction); to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. to tear, lacerate; by impl. to agitate greatly, convulse, distort by convulsion, Mk. 1:26; 9:26; Lk. 9:39*
Translated in KJV as
rendtear
Etymology
prolongation from (to grasp;
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