ΔΙΕΣΠΑΣΑΝ, διεσπασαν
DIESPASAN, diespasan
Sounds Like: dee-es-PA-san
Translations: they tore apart, they rent asunder, they broke apart, they separated
From the root: ΔΙΑΣΠΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning "through" or "apart," and the verb σπάω (spaō), meaning "to draw" or "to tear." In its aorist form, it means "they tore apart" or "they broke apart." It describes an action of violently separating or pulling something into pieces, often implying a complete destruction or dissolution of what was once whole.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1288 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΣΠΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΣΠΑΝ — to tear apart, to rend asunder, to break through, to break up, to separate
- ΔΙΑΣΠΑΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having torn apart, tearing apart, breaking apart, having broken apart
- ΔΙΑΣΠΑΣΕΙ — he will tear apart, he will tear asunder, he will rend, he will separate, he will divide
- ΔΙΑΣΠΑΣΘΗ — to be torn apart, to be pulled apart, to be scattered, to be rent asunder
- ΔΙΑΣΠΑΩ — to tear apart, to break apart, to rend asunder, to pull apart, to burst
- ΔΙΑΣΠΩΜΕΝ — we tear apart, we rend asunder, we divide, we separate
- ΔΙΑΣΠΩΜΕΝΟΝ — being torn apart, being rent asunder, being divided, being scattered, being dispersed
- ΔΙΑΣΠΩΝΤΕΣ — tearing apart, breaking apart, rending asunder, bursting, severing
- ΔΙΕΣΠΑΣΑΣ — you tore apart, you broke apart, you rent asunder, you scattered
- ΔΙΕΣΠΑΣΕΝ — tore apart, broke apart, pulled apart, burst asunder
- ΔΙΕΣΠΑΣΘΑΙ — to be torn apart, to be rent asunder, to be broken in pieces
- ΔΙΕΣΠΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were torn apart, they were scattered, they were broken up
- ΔΙΕΣΠΑΣΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) torn apart, (to) pulled apart, (to) scattered, (to) dispersed, (to) rent asunder
- ΔΙΕΣΠΑΣΜΕΝΟΝ — torn apart, scattered, divided, a torn apart thing, a scattered thing, a divided thing
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