σπαράσσω sparássō

Meaning

apparently strengthened from G4685 (σπάω) through the idea of spasmodic contraction); to mangle, i.e. convluse with epilepsy

In the King James Version: rend, tear

Derivation: prolongation from (to grasp;

Where it is used

• Mark 1:26 At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.
• Mark 9:26 After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
• Luke 9:39 A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.