σπαράσσω
sparassō
“to convulse”
Definition
apparently strengthened from G4685 (σπάω) through the idea of spasmodic contraction); to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy
prolongation from (to grasp;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
G:V
Greek Verb
Occurrences
σπαράσσω appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.
At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.
After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
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