schizo describes splitting or tearing open of things, and the division of a city’s population.

The attested use most often concerns something being torn open or split, including the heavens, a curtain, rocks, clothing, and a net; it also describes a city population becoming divided into opposing sides.

1. Tearing or splitting of material things · dominant

   In Mark 1:10, the present passive participle occurs as the heavens are being split; in John 19:24, an active subjunctive occurs in the soldiers’ proposal not to tear the garment. The APB also presents a net not torn in John 21:11 and the temple curtain as split or torn in Luke 23:45, Mark 15:38, and Matthew 27:51.

   Mark 1:10John 19:24John 21:11Luke 23:45Mark 15:38Matthew 27:51
2. Division into opposing sides · occasional

   In Acts 14:4, the aorist passive indicative form describes the city population as divided, with some siding with the Jews and others with the apostles. In Acts 23:7, the same supplied morphology occurs after an uprising between Pharisees and Sadducees, and the APB renders the multitude as split.

   Acts 14:4Acts 23:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses “split,” “torn,” and “tear” for physical opening or damage, and “divided” or “split” for the population in Acts. These are renderings of whole clauses in a whole-verse translation.