verb
susparassamō
Strong’sG4952
I throw violently on the ground
stem susparass-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.
*† συ-σπαράσσω
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4952 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Attic dialect συσπαράττω, tear in pieces, NT+2nd 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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| susparassataσυνεσπάραξεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | convulsed | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | susparassamō | susparassame | susparassami | susparassama | susparassamē | susparassamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | susparassasō | susparassase | susparassasi | susparassasa | susparassasē | susparassaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | susparassatō | susparassate | susparassati | susparassata2×συνεσπάραξεν | susparassatē | susparassatelē |
| we 1st person plural | susparassanō | susparassane | susparassani | susparassana | susparassanē | susparassanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | susparassavō | susparassave | susparassavi | susparassava | susparassavē | susparassavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | susparassalō | susparassale | susparassali | susparassala | susparassalē | susparassalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | susparassameiō | susparassameia | susparassameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | susparassaseiō | susparassaseia | susparassaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | susparassateiō | susparassateia | susparassateiē |
| we 1st person plural | susparassaneiō | susparassaneia | susparassaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | susparassaveiō | susparassaveia | susparassaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | susparassaleiō | susparassaleia | susparassaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | susparassasōr | susparassasar | susparassasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | susparassatōr | susparassatar | susparassatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | susparassavōr | susparassavar | susparassavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | susparassalōr | susparassalar | susparassalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | susparassamoiō | susparassamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | susparassasoiō | susparassasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | susparassatoiō | susparassatoia |
| we 1st person plural | susparassanoiō | susparassanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | susparassavoiō | susparassavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | susparassaloiō | susparassaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | susparassarō | susparassari | susparassara | susparassarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | susparassarōntos | susparassarintos | susparassarantos | susparassarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
susparass 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
susparassata“convulsed”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Mark 9:20“convulsed”… kai horarantos auton tem pneumem euthuos susparassata auton, kai piptarantos epi tau gēau …… Jesus, the spirit immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around …
Luke 9:42“convulsed”… autou rēgata auton tem daimonem kai susparassata; epitimata de tos Iēsus te pneume …… was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the …