Lexicon entry · Greek
G1288διασπάωdiaspaō
to tear apartPart of speech: Greek Verb
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for many a time he had been left securely bound in fetters and chains, but afterwards the chains lay torn link from link, and the fetters in fragments, and there was no one strong enough to master him.
διεσπάσθαι diespasthai “to have been torn apart”
But when the struggle was becoming violent, the Tribune, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by the people, ordered the troops to go down and take him from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
διασπασθῇ diaspasthēa “may be torn to pieces”