Strong's Greek #4682 - σπαράσσω sparassó (to mangle)

to convulse, shake to and fro

Prolongation from spairo (to grasp; apparently strengthened from spao through the idea of spasmodic contraction); to mangle, i.e. Convluse with epilepsy -- rend, tear.

see GREEK spao

Strong's 4682: σπαράσσω

σπαράσσω; 1 aorist ἐσπαραξα; to convulse (others, tear): τινα, Mark 1:26; Mark 9:20 R G Tr text, 26; Luke 9:39; see ῤήγνυμι, c. (τάς γναθους, Aristophanes ran. 424; τάς τρίχας, Diodorus 19, 34; in various other senses in Greek writings) (Compare: συνσπαράσσω.)

Strong's Greek: 4682. σπαράσσω (sparassó) — 3 Occurrences

Mark 1:26 - V-APA-NNS
GRK: καὶ σπαράξαν αὐτὸν τὸ
NAS: Throwing him into convulsions, the unclean
KJV: spirit had torn him,
INT: And having thrown into convulsions him the

Mark 9:26 - V-APA-NMS
GRK: καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξας ἐξῆλθεν καὶ
NAS: After crying out and throwing him into terrible
KJV: [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore,
INT: and many having thrown him into convulsions it came out and

Luke 9:39 - V-PIA-3S
GRK: κράζει καὶ σπαράσσει αὐτὸν μετὰ
NAS: screams, and it throws him into a convulsion with foaming
KJV: and it teareth him
INT: he cries out and it throws into convulsions him with