What does διασπάω (diaspáō) mean in the Bible?
διασπάω (diaspáō) is a Greek word meaning "to tear apart".
Greek · G1288
διασπάω
To tear apart
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διασπάω G1288
Pronunciation diaspáō
What does διασπάω (diaspáō) mean in the Bible?
διασπάω (diaspáō) is a Greek word meaning "to tear apart".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1288?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include he had broken (1), would tear Paul to pieces (1).
Where does διασπάω (diaspáō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 5:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Mark (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 he had broken 1× Mark 5:4
would tear Paul to pieces 1× Acts 23:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 5:4
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Acts 1
Source forms
διασπασθῇ 1x diaspasthē Acts 23:10
διεσπάσθαι 1x diespasthai Mark 5:4
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 23:10
Verb - Perfect Infinitive Middle or Passive 1x Mark 5:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to tear apart
Strong's G1288
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to tear apart
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 5:4 Verb Perfect Passive Infinitive
διεσπᾶσθαι diespasqai
I tear apart, burst
Read verse Acts 23:10 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Subjunctive
διασπασθῇ diaspasqh
I tear apart, burst
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.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Perfect, Aorist Voices Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Perfect Passive Mark 5:4 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Passive Acts 23:10 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 perfect 1
Voice
passive 2
Mood
subjunctive 1 infinitive 1
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
διασπάω is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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