Lexicon entry · Greek
G1288διασπάωdiaspaō
to tear apartPart of speech: Greek Verb
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Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.
διεσπάσθαι diespasthai “to have been torn apart”
And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.
διασπασθῇ diaspasthēa “may be torn to pieces”