2001 Translation

SCHISMA, schisma

Sounds Like: SKHIS-ma

Translations: schism, a schism, division, a division, rent, a rent, tear, a tear, split, a split

From the root: ΣΧΙΣΜΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a division, a split, or a tear. It can describe a physical tearing, like a rent in a garment, or a metaphorical division, such as a disagreement or a faction within a group. It is often used to denote a separation or disunity.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative; Plural, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G4978 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 1:7

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 19:12

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 2:6, 46:9, 49:5

Codex Sinaiticus

• Matthew — 9:16
• Mark — 2:21
• John — 7:43, 9:16, 10:19
• Epistle of Barnabas — 19:12

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Enoch — 1:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 9:16
• Mark — 2:21
• John — 7:43, 9:16, 10:19

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΧΙΣΜΑ.

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.

• ΣΧΙΖΙΑΝ — schism, a schism, division, a division, rent, a rent
• ΣΧΙΜΑΣ — a rent, a tear, a division, a schism
• ΣΧΙΣΜΑΙ — schisms, divisions, rents, tears, a schism, a division, a rent, a tear
• ΣΧΙΣΜΑΙΣ — schisms, divisions, tears, rents, splits
• ΣΧΙΣΜΑΣ — (of) divisions, (of) rents, (of) schisms, (of) splits
• ΣΧΙΣΜΑΤΑ — divisions, schisms, rents, tears
• ΣΧΙΣΜΑΤΩΝ — of division, of dissension, of schism, of rent, of tear
• ΣΧΙΣΜΩΝ — of divisions, of schisms, of rents, of tears
• ΣΨΙΣΜΑ — schism, division, a division, rent, a rent, tear, a tear
• ΧΙΣΜΑΣ — of a rent, of a tear, of a division, of a schism, of a split, of a cleft

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