διασπάω

διασπάω fut. 3 sg. διασπάσει Hos 13:8; 1 aor. διέσπασα LXX. Pass. 1 aor. διεσπάσθην; pf. inf. διεσπάσθαι (s. σπάω; Eur., Hdt.+; SIG 364, 10 [III B.C.]; pap, e.g. PCairZen 443, 4; LXX; TestJud 2:4; Jos., Ant. 6, 186; Just., A I, 37, 8, D. 15, 4 διάσπα [both Is 58:6 διάλυε]; Tat. 6:2; Ath., R. 64, 20) tear apart, tear up of a possessed person breaking chains (cp. Jer 2:20) Mk 5:4; a document B 3:3 (Is 58:6); of an angry mob μὴ διασπασθῇ ὁ Παῦλος ὑπʼ αὐτῶν that Paul would be torn in pieces by them Ac 23:10 (Dio Chrys. 26 [43], 6 ὑπὸ τῶν συγγενῶν διασπασθῆναι; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 147 §613; Biogr. p. 444 Ὑπατία διεσπάσθη ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων=Hypatia [the philosopher] torn limb from limb by Alexandrian [monks]; cp. Hdt. 3, 13; Lucian, Phal. 1, 4). Fig. (w. διέλκειν) tear apart the members of Christ, i.e. the churches 1 Cl 46:7 (cp. Dio Chrys. 28 [45], 8 εἰς μέρη δ. τὴν πόλιν; Ael. Aristid. 24, 39 K.=44 p. 836 D.: τὸ σῶμα τ. πόλεως; Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 33, 240 τὸν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς θεόν).—DELG s.v. σπάω. M-M.