Definition

a split or gap ("schism"), literally or figuratively

Etymology

from G4977 (σχίζω);

Word family

• σχίζω schízō

How the KJV renders it

• division
• rent
• schism

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.