G4249
πρίζω
to saw (in two)
πρίζω = πρίω, [in LXX: Amo.1:3, Da TH Su 1:59 * ;] to saw, saw asunder (= π. δίχα, Thuc., iv, 100): pass, Heb.11:37 (cf. δια-πρίω).† (AS)
The KJV translates G4249 in the following manner:
asunder (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
πρίζω — prízō
πρίζω (or πρίω, which see): 1 aorist passive ἐπρίσθην; to saw, to cut in two with a saw: Heb 11:37. To be 'sawn asunder' was a kind of punishment among the Hebrews (2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 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 ). (Amo 1:3; Susanna 59; Plato, Theag., p. 124 b. and frequent in later writings.)
STRONGS NT 4249: πρίωπρίω, see πρίζω. (Compare: διαπρίω.)
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