Lexicon diaprió: to saw asunder, cut to the heart Original Word: διαπρίωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diaprió Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ap-ree'-o) Short Definition: I cut to the quick Definition: (lit: I saw through), I cut to the quick (with indignation and envy). HELPS word-Studies 1282 diapríō (from 1223 /diá, "through" and priō, "cut with a saw") – properly, cut all the way through; (figuratively) emotionally "sawn asunder," as when the heart is "ripped in two" ("cut to the quick") – i.e. when a person is "split down the center" (emotionally) when overcome with indignation (envy, outrage). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dia and the same as prizóDefinitionto saw asunder, cut to the heart NASB Translationcut (1), cut to the quick (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1282: διαπρίωδιαπρίω: imperfect passive διεπριομην; to saw asuuder or in twain, to divide by a saw: 1 Chronicles 20:3; Plato, conv., p. 193 a.; Aristophanes eqq. 768, and elsewhere. Passive tropically, to be sawn through mentally, i. e. to be rent with vexation ( A. V. cut to the heart), Acts 5:33; with the addition ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, Acts 7:54 (cf. Luke 2:35); μεγάλως ἐχαλεπαινον καί διεπρίοντο καθ' ἡμῶν, Eusebius, h. e. 5, 1, 6 (15, Heinich. edition; cf. Gataker, Advers. misc. col. 916 g.).
Strong's cut to the heart. From dia and the base of prizo; to saw asunder, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate -- cut (to the heart). see GREEK dia see GREEK prizo |
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