The corpus record

σχίσ-μα

schisma · τό

cleft, division

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Where it lives

1 Corinthians 3 · 4.44/10k
John 3 · 1.96/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k

What it meant — LSJ

cleft, division, rent

cleft, division, as of hoofs, Arist. HA 499a27 (pl.); of leaves, Thphr. HP 3.11.1; of the vulva, Ruf. Onom. 110; rent in a garment, Ev.Matt. 9.16.

II division

division of opinion, Ev.Jo. 9.16.

III

[deleted and merged with I per Supp.].

name of an ὀρχηστικὸν σχῆμα, Hsch.

V ploughing

ploughing, PLond. 5.1796.7 (vi A.D.).

In the wild

σχίσματα · schismata New Testament, 1 Corinthians 1.10 (DIORISIS sentence 6)
σχίσματα · schismata New Testament, 1 Corinthians 11.18 (DIORISIS sentence 328)
σχίσμα · schisma New Testament, 1 Corinthians 12.24 (DIORISIS sentence 372)
Σχίσμα · Schisma New Testament, John 10.19 (DIORISIS sentence 581)
σχίσμα · schisma New Testament, John 7.43 (DIORISIS sentence 391)
σχίσμα · schisma New Testament, John 9.16 (DIORISIS sentence 519)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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