noun · neuter
schismem
Strong’sG4978
a rent, division
stem schism-8 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* σχίσμα, -τος, τό
(< σχίζω),
SYN.: v.s. αἵρεσις
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4978 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidskhis'-mah
a split or gap ("schism"), literally or figuratively
Fromfrom G4977;
King Jamesdivision, rent, schism.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
cleft, division, as of hoofs, Refs 4th c.BC+; of leaves, Refs; rent in a garment, NT
II division of opinion, Ev Jo.Refs
III the vulva, Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV name of an ὀρχηστικὸν σχῆμα, Refs 5th c.AD+
V ploughing, Refs 6th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | schismem6×σχίσμα | schismeim1×σχίσματα |
| of, belonging to genitive | schismeu | schismeiu |
| to, for dative | schisme | schismei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
schisme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
schismem“division”subject or objectdirect singular6×
Matthew 9:16… auteu apo teu himatieu, kai cheirōnem schismem genotō.… from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
Mark 2:21… tem kainem teu palaieu, kai cheirōnem schismem genotō.… from the old, and a worse tear will result.
John 7:43schismem oun geneta en to ochlo dia …So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.
John 9:16… anthrōpos hamartōlos toiouteim sēmeim poiarō? kai schismem ate en autoi.… perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
John 10:19Schismem palin geneta en toi Ioudaioi dia …Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ …
1 Corinthians 12:25hina mē ateiō schismem en te sōme, alla tem autem …so that there should be no division in the body, but that its …
schismeim“divisions”subject or objectdirect plural1×
1 Corinthians 1:10… pantois, kai mē ateiō en vi schismeim, aveiō de katartizorēntois en to auto …… so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may …
schismeim1×
1 Corinthians 11:18… gar sunerchorōntoiu vu en ekklēsa akouamō schismeim en vi huparcharō, kai merem tinem …… together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I …