4682 GREEK σπαρασσω, SPARASSO spar-as'-so prolongation from spairo (to grasp; apparently strengthened from σπαω, - spao G 4685 through the idea of spasmodic contraction); to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy:--rend, tear. εσπαραξεν Mark 9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. σπαραξαν Mark 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. Mark 9:26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. σπαρασσει Luke 9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
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