Quick Definition
a rent, division
Strong's Definition
a split or gap ("schism"), literally or figuratively
Derivation: from G4977 (σχίζω);
KJV Usage: division, rent, schism
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σχίσμα, σχισματος, τό (σχίζω), a cleft, rent;
a. properly, a rent: Mat_9:16; Mar_2:21 (Aristotle, Theophrastus).
b. metaphorically, a division, dissension: Joh_7:43; Joh_9:16; Joh_10:19; 1Co_1:10; 1Co_11:18; 1Co_12:25 (ecclesiastical writings (Clement of Rome, 1Co_2:1-16; 1Co_6:1-20 [ET], etc.; 'Teaching' 4, 3 [ET]; etc.)). (Cf. references under the word αἵρ??Ezr_5:1-17.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σχίσμα schisma 8x
a split, Mat_9:16 ; Mar_2:21 ;
met. a division into parties, schism, Joh_7:43 ; Joh_9:16 ; Joh_10:19 ; 1Co_1:10 ; 1Co_11:18 ; 1Co_12:25 * division.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* σχίσμα , -τος , τό
( < σχίζω ),
a rent ( Arist ., al. ): Mat_9:16 , Mar_2:21 . Metaph ., a dissension, division: Joh_7:43 ; Joh_9:16 ; Joh_10:19 , 1Co_1:10 ; 1Co_11:18 ; 1Co_12:25 .†
SYN.: see αἵρεσις G139 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σχίσμα [page 619]
= ploughing may be illustrated from the contract P Lond V. 1796 .7 (vi/A.D.), when the ploughing just proceeding is exempted from the contract ἐκτὸς τοῦ νῦν σχ [ί ]σμ̣α̣τ̣ος τοῦ καὶ ὄντος . For σχίζα , a splinter of wood, cf. P Cairo Zen II. 59191 .5 (B.C. 255) συ ]ν̣α [πόσ ]τε̣[ι ]λον δὲ καὶ σχίζας ὅτι πλ [ε ]ι̣στας , send as large a supply of firewood as possible, and for a curious wordplay with σχῖνος see the note ad Sus. 54 in Charles Apocrypha i. p. 650.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σχίσμα σχίσμα, ατος, τό, [Etym: σχίζω] "a cleft, a rent" in a garment, NTest. "division" of opinion, "schism", id=NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σχίσμα, -τος, τό
(σχίζω),
a rent (Arist., al.): Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21. Metaphorical, a dissension, division: Jhn.7:43 9:16 10:19, 1Co.1:10 11:18 12:25.†
SYN.: see: αἵρεσις (AS)