Dictionary entry

σχίζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

σχίζω

[in LXX chiefly for בּקע;]

to cleave, rend: Mt 27:51, Mk 1:1015:38, Lk 5:3623:45, Jo 19:2421:11; metaph., in pass., to be divided into factions, Ac 14:423:7.†