Sparasso describes a spirit’s forceful convulsing of a person in the recorded episodes.

Across the supplied verses, the term describes forceful bodily convulsing inflicted by a spirit; the present form occurs while the spirit continues to afflict, and the aorist participles accompany its crying out and departure.

1. Forcefully convulsing a person · dominant

   In Luke 9:39, the present active indicative form occurs in the report that a spirit seized the person; the APB renders the clause "it convulsed him with foam" while describing its continuing harmful effect. In Mark 1:26 and Mark 9:26, the aorist active participles accompany the spirit's cry and its coming out; the APB renders these scenes as "convulsed him" and "convulsing him violently."

   Luke 9:39Mark 1:26Mark 9:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as "convulsed him" in Luke 9:39 and Mark 1:26, and as "convulsing him violently" in Mark 9:26. These are translation renderings of the clauses rather than definitions.