# G4978 σχίσμα

σχίσμα (schísma), Strong’s G4978: a split or gap ("schism"), literally or figuratively KJV: division, rent, schism. Occurs 8 times.

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*schísma* — a split or gap ("schism"), literally or figuratively

KJV: division, rent, schism

Derived from [σχίζω schízō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4977) (to split or sever)

Occurs 8 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 9:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=16) — No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse…
- [Mark 2:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/2?v=21) — No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old…
- [John 7:43](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/7?v=43) — So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
- [John 9:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/9?v=16) — Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said…
- [John 10:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/10?v=19) — Therefore a division arose again among the Judeans because of these words.
- [1 Corinthians 1:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/1?v=10) — Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, that you all speak the same thing, and that…
- [1 Corinthians 11:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/11?v=18) — For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe…
- [1 Corinthians 12:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/12?v=25) — that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.