1288 - diaspaó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: διασπάω
Transliteration: diaspaó
Definition (short): asunder
Definition (full): to draw apart, tear asunder

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from dia and spaó
Definition: to draw apart, tear asunder
NASB Translation: torn to pieces (1), torn apart (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From dia and spao; to draw apart, i.e. Sever or dismember -- pluck asunder, pull in pieces.

see GREEK dia

see GREEK spao

References

Strong's 1288: 2 Occurrences
KJV: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
NASB: because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
KJV: And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
NASB: And as a great dissension was developing, the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.