Study
Word study

Word study

Greek

Division

μερισμόςStrong’s G3311

merismos

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Merismos is the Greek word usually translated “distributions” and “division”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?”
Hebrews 2:4 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “distributions” and “division”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • by distributions 1
  • division 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 2

1 book in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

μερισμός merismos · division

μερισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (μερίζω), [in LXX for מַחְלְקָה, מַחֲלֹקֶת, Jos.11:23, Est.6:18 * ;] 1. a dividing, division: ψυχῆς κ. πνεύματος (i.e. between them or of the things themselves, see Westc., in l), Heb.4:12. 2. a dis­tribution, bestowal (cf. μερίζω, 2); pl., Heb.2:4.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “division” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DIVISION, noun

S as z. [Latin See Divide.]

  1. The act of dividing or separating into parts, any entire body.
  2. The state of being divided.
  3. That which divides or separates; that which keeps apart; partition.
  4. The part separated from the rest by a partition or line, real or imaginary; as the divisions of a field.
All definitions
  1. A separate body of men; as, communities and divisions of men.
  2. A part or distinct portion; as the divisions of a discourse.
  3. A part of an army or militia; a body consisting of a certain number of brigades usually two, and commanded by a major general.
  4. A part of a fleet, or a select number of ships under a commander, and distinguished by a particular flag or pendant.
  5. Disunion; discord; variance; difference.“There was a division among the people” John 7:43
  6. Space between the notes of music, or the dividing of the tones.
  7. Distinction.“I will put a division between my people and thy people” Exodus 8:23
  8. The separation of voters in a legislative house.
  9. In arithmetic, the dividing of a number or quantity into any parts assigned; or the rule by which is found how many times one number is contained in another.

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.