King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4249
Transliteration: prizō
Phonetic Spelling: (prid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to saw (in two)
Meaning: to saw (in two)
πρίζω (or πρίω, which see): 1 aorist passive ἐπρίσθην; to saw, to cut in two with a saw: Hebrews 11:37. To be 'sawn asunder' was a kind of punishment among the Hebrews (2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 20:3), which according to ancient tradition was inflicted on the prophet Isaiah; cf. Winers RWB, under the word Säge; Roskoff in Schenkel 5:135; (B. D., under the word). (Amos 1:3; Susanna 59; Plato, Theag., p. 124 b. and frequent in later writings.)
Word Summary
prizō: to saw (in two)
Original Word: πρίζωTransliteration: prizō
Phonetic Spelling: (prid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to saw (in two)
Meaning: to saw (in two)
Strong's Concordance
saw asunder. A strengthened form of a primary prio (to saw); to saw in two -- saw asunder.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4249: πρίζωπρίζω (or πρίω, which see): 1 aorist passive ἐπρίσθην; to saw, to cut in two with a saw: Hebrews 11:37. To be 'sawn asunder' was a kind of punishment among the Hebrews (2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 20:3), which according to ancient tradition was inflicted on the prophet Isaiah; cf. Winers RWB, under the word Säge; Roskoff in Schenkel 5:135; (B. D., under the word
STRONGS NT 4249: πρίωπρίω, see πρίζω. (Compare: διαπρίω.)