To divide
פָּלַגStrong’s H6385palag (pa-lag)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Palag is the Hebrew word usually translated “was divided”, “it was divided” and “does he divide”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.”
Meaning
- To divide, split(Niphal) to be split, be divided · (Piel)
How it's translated
- was divided 1
- it was divided 1
- does he divide 1
- divide 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 1:19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- Job 38:25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
- Psalms 55:9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Hebrew dictionary
פָּלַג palag · to divide
1) to divide, split 1a) (Niphal) to be split, be divided 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to split, cleave 1b2) to divide Aramaic equivalent: pe.lag (פְּלַג "to divide" H6386)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.