To divide
μερίζωStrong’s G3307merizō
Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament
In short
Merizō is the Greek word usually translated “having been divided”, “shall be divided” and “has assigned”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:”
Meaning
Usually translated “having been divided”, “shall be divided” and “has assigned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having been divided 2
- shall be divided 2
- has assigned 2
- he is divided 1
- was divided 1
- he divided 1
- to divide 1
- has allotted 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 4
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Matthew 2
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 12:26And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
- Mark 3:24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
- Mark 3:25And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
- Mark 3:26And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
- Mark 6:41And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
- Luke 12:13And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
Greek dictionary
μερίζω merizō · to divide
μερίζω (μέρος), [in LXX chiefly for חָלַק ;] to divide; (a) to divide into parts : metaphorically, pass., 1Co.7:34 (WH, R, ing.), 1Co.7:34 (Rec., R, txt.) ( reading and punctuation, see ICC, in l); μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστός, 1Co.1:13; as in late authors, of factional division (cf. Polyb., viii, 23, 9), καθ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, Mat.12:25; ἐφ᾽ εαυτόν, Mat.12:26, Mrk.3:24-26; …
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.