To divide
διαμερίζωStrong’s G1266diamerizō
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Diamerizō is the Greek word usually translated “divided”, “dividing” and “divide for themselves”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.”
Meaning
Usually translated “divided”, “dividing” and “divide for themselves”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they divided 3
- dividing 2
- they divide for themselves 1
- having been divided 1
- is divided 1
- divided 1
- they will be divided 1
- do divide 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 6
- Acts 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- John 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 15:24And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
- Luke 11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
- Luke 11:18If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
- Luke 12:52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
- Luke 12:53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
- Luke 22:17And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
Greek dictionary
διαμερίζω diamerizō · to divide
δια-μερίζω [in LXX chiefly for חלק pi. ;] 1. to distribute: with dative of person(s), Act.2:45; before εἰς, Luk.22:17, pass., Act.2:3. Mid. to distribute among themselves: Mat.27:35, Mrk.15:24, Luk.23:34; with redundant ἑαυτοῖς, Jhn.19:24 (LXX) (see M, Pr., 157). 2. to divide, separate: pass., before ἐπί, with accusative, Luk.11:17-18; ἐπί, with dative, Luk.12:52-53.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “divide” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DIVIDE, verb transitive
[Latin, to part. See the latter words.]
- To part or separate an entire thing; to part a thing into two or more pieces.“DIVIDE the living child in two” 1 Kings 3:25
- To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition or by an imaginary line or limit.“Let the firmament divide the waters from the waters” Genesis 1:6
- To make partition of, among a number.“Ye shall divide the land by lot” Numbers 33:54
- To open; to cleave.
All definitions and other forms of “divide”
- To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant.“There shall be five in one house divided, three against two--” Luke 12:52
- To distribute; to separate and bestow in parts or shares.“And he divided to them his living” Luke 15:12
- To make dividends; to apportion the interest or profits of stock among proprietors; as, the bank divides six per cent.
- To separate into two parts, for ascertaining opinions for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house, in voting.
DIVIDE, verb intransitive
- To part; to open; to cleave.
- To break friendship; as, brothers divide
- To vote by the division of a legislative house into two parts.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.