What does διαῤῥήσσω (diarrhḗssō) mean in the Bible?
διαῤῥήσσω (diarrhḗssō) is a Greek word meaning "to tear asunder".
Greek · G1284
διαῤῥήσσω
To tear asunder
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διαῤῥήσσω G1284
Pronunciation diarrhḗssō
What does διαῤῥήσσω (diarrhḗssō) mean in the Bible?
διαῤῥήσσω (diarrhḗssō) is a Greek word meaning "to tear asunder".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1284?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include tore (2), began to tear (1), he had broken (1), they tore (1).
Where does διαῤῥήσσω (diarrhḗssō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:65. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Acts (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It tore 2× Matthew 26:65, Mark 14:63
began to tear 1× Luke 5:6
he had broken 1× Luke 8:29
they tore 1× Acts 14:14
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 26:65 διέρρηξεν to tore Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Mark 14:63 διαρρήξας to tore Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 5:6 διερρήσσετο to began to tear Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Luke 8:29 διαρρήσσων to he had broken Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 14:14 διαρρήξαντες to they tore Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:65
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 2 Acts 1
Source forms
διαρρήξαντες 1x diarrēxantes Acts 14:14
διαρρήξας 1x diarrēxas Mark 14:63
διαρρήσσων 1x diarrēssōn Luke 8:29
διέρρηξεν 1x dierrēxen Matthew 26:65
διερρήσσετο 1x dierrēsseto Luke 5:6
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Matthew 26:65
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 14:14
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 14:63
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 5:6
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 8:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to tear asunder
Source Gloss
to tear asunder
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:65 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
διέρρηξε dierrhxen
I tear asunder
Read verse Mark 14:63 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
διαρρήξας diarrhxav
I tear asunder
Read verse Luke 5:6 Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Passive Indicative
διερρήγνυτο dierrhgnuto
I tear asunder
Read verse Luke 8:29 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
διαρρήσσων diarrhsswn
I tear asunder
Read verse Acts 14:14 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
διαρρήξαντες diarrhxantev
I tear asunder
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3 imperfect 1 present 1
Voice
active 4 passive 1
Mood
participle 3 indicative 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
διαῤῥήσσω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain