Strong’s G2997 · Greek

λάσχω
láschō

Definition

to crack open (from a fall)

Etymology

a strengthened form of a primary verb, which only occurs in this and another prolonged form as alternate in certain tenses;

How the KJV renders it

  • burst asunder

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.