συσπᾰράσσω G4952
to convulse violently, throw into convulsions
This verb means to tear violently or throw into convulsions, used of demonic attacks in the Gospels. Mark 9:20 describes a spirit convulsing a boy violently when brought to Jesus. Luke 9:42 similarly recounts the demon convulsing the boy as he was coming to Jesus. Both passages emphasize the violent physical manifestation of spiritual oppression.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes throwing someone into violent convulsions or spasms, tearing them physically, particularly used of demonic attacks in exorcism narratives. The cross-lingual glosses (Spanish 'lo convulsionó,' French 'déchirer,' German 'zerren') emphasize the violent, wrenching action. Both Mark 9:20 and Luke 9:42 use this to depict the demon's final violent manifestation as the possessed boy approaches Jesus for deliverance, showing evil's desperate resistance before liberation. 2×
AR["صَرَعَهُ", "مَزَّقَهُ"]·ben["কাঁপালো", "মোচড়াল"]·DE["zerren", "συνεσπάραξεν"]·EN["convulsed", "convulsed-violently"]·FR["déchirer"]·heb["טִלְטֵל", "פִּרְפְּרָה"]·HI["मरोड़ा"]·ID["membuat-kejang", "mencabik-cabik"]·IT["sunesparaxen"]·jav["ngguncangaken", "nyuwek-nyuwek"]·KO["경련-시켰다", "경련시켰다"]·PT["convulsionou", "o-convulsionou"]·RU["сотряс"]·ES["lo-convulsionó"]·SW["akamtikisa-kwa-nguvu", "alimtupa-chini"]·TR["sarsıntıya-soktu", "şiddetle-sarstı."]·urd["مروڑا"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
συσπᾰράσσω, Attic dialect συσπαράττω, tear in pieces, NT+2nd c.AD+