Lexicon entry · Greek
G1288διασπάωdiaspaō
to tear apartPart of speech: Greek Verb
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because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
διεσπάσθαι diespasthai “to have been torn apart”
When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
διασπασθῇ diaspasthēa “may be torn to pieces”