Split
σχίσμαStrong’s G4978schisma
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Schisma is the Greek word usually translated “division”, “divisions” and “tear”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.”
Meaning
Usually translated “division”, “divisions” and “tear”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- division 3
- divisions 2
- tear 1
- a tear 1
- a division 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 3
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 2:21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
- John 7:43So there was a division among the people because of him.
- John 9:16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
- John 10:19There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
- 1 Corinthians 1:10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
- 1 Corinthians 11:18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
Greek dictionary
σχίσμα schisma · split
σχίσμα, -τος, τό (σχίζω), a rent (Arist., al.): Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21. Metaphorical, a dissension, division: Jhn.7:43 9:16 10:19, 1Co.1:10 11:18 12:25.† SYN.: see: αἵρεσις (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “split” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPLIT, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive split [G. See Spalt.]
- To divide longitudinally or lengthwise; to separate a thing from end to end by force; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber; to split a board.
- To rend; to tear asunder by violence; to burst; as, to split a rock or a sail.
- To divide; to part; as, to split a hair.
- To dash and break on a rock; as, a ship stranded and split
All definitions and other forms of “split”
- To divide; to break into discord; as a people split into parties.
- To strain and pain with laughter; as, to split the sides.
SPLIT, verb intransitive
- To burst; to part asunder; to suffer disruption; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
- To burst with laughter.
- To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.