Lexical Summary diarrēssō: to tear asunder Original Word: διαρρήσσωTransliteration: diarrēssō Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ar-hrayce'-so) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to tear asunder Meaning: to tear asunder Strong's Concordance break, rend. From dia and rhegnumi; to tear asunder -- break, rend. see GREEK dia see GREEK rhegnumi Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1284: διαρρήγνυμιδιαρρήγνυμι and διαρρήσσω (Luke 8:29 (R G; see below)); 1 aorist διέρρηξα; imperfect passive 3 person singular διερρήγνυτο (Luke 5:6, where Lachmann text διερηγνυτο and T Tr WH διερησσετο (L marginal reading διερρήσσετο), also L T Tr WH διαρησσων in Luke 8:29; (WH have διερηξεν in Matthew 26:65, and διαρηξας in Mark 14:68; see their Appendix, p. 163. and under the word P, π)); to break asunder, burst through, rend asunder: τά δεσμά, Luke 8:29; τό δίκτυον, passive, Luke 5:6; τά ἱμάτια, χιτῶνας, to rend, which was done by the Jews in extreme indignation or in deep grief (cf. B. D. under the word |