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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3307 - μερίζω

Transliteration

merízō

Phonetics

mer-id'-zo

Origin

from (G3313)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

to divide
1. to separate into parts, cut into pieces
  1. to divide into parties, i.e. be split into factions
2. to distribute
  1. a thing among people
  2. bestow, impart

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1366 ‑ גְּבֻל (gheb‑ool', gheb‑ool'); 2505 ‑ חָלַק (khaw‑lak'); 2673 ‑ חָצָה (khaw‑tsaw'); 3789 ‑ כָּתַב (kaw‑thab'); 5157 ‑ נָחַל (naw‑khal');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (15)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Hebrews

NAS (14)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Hebrews

HCS (14)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Hebrews

BSB (14)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Hebrews

ESV (14)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Hebrews

WEB (16)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

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Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μερίζω,

Dor. μερῐδαρχ-ίσδω, Bion 2.31: Att. fut. - ιῶ Pl. Prm. 131c: aor. ἐμέρισα Nicom.Com. 1.27; Dor. part. μερίξας Ti.Locr. 99d: pf. μεμέρικα D.H. Pomp. 4: — Med., fut. - ίσομαι Sopat. in Rh. 8.306 W., - ιοῦμαι LXX Proverbs 14:18 : aor. ἐμερισάμην Isa 9.24, etc.: pf. μεμέρισμαι D. 47.34 (v.l. νενέμημαι): — Pass., fut. μεριοῦμαι Arist. PA 664a27, μερισθήσομαι Plot. 4.3.8, 6.4.4: aor. ἐμερίσθην Pl. Ti. 56d, etc.: pf. μεμέρισμαι Id. Prm. 144b, D. 15.5, etc.: (μερίς): —

1. divide, distribute, Pl. Prm. 131c; μ. τὸ ἄπειρον Arist. Ph. 204a34; μ. [ἀρχήν] τινα εἰς πλείους Id. Pol. 1321b37; καθ' ἕκαστον εἶδος πολιτείας μ. make a division, ib. 1304b19: abs., split up the amount, ib. 1268b15: Arith., μ. τι παρά τι, εἴς τι, divide by.., Dioph. 4.33, 34, al.: abs., Gal. 5.223.

2. assign a part, allot, ἐφ' ἕκαστον μ. τὸ φιλεῖν Arist. MM 1213b5; μ. τοὺς τόκους πρὸς τὸν πλοῦν allot the interest according to the voyage, i.e. pay only a part of it, if a part only of the voyage has been performed, D. 56.49; allot, assign spheres of duty, τινι PHamb. 24.6 (Pass.); apportion, allocate funds, IG 22.29.18, al., SIG 577.22 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.) (Pass., IG 22.1672.116,al.); τὸ μὲν εἰς δαπάνην, τὸ δ' εἰς θησαυρισμόν Phld. Oec. p.71 J., cf. Sto. 339.15, Metrod. Herc. 831.13; bestow, POxy. 713.29 (i A.D.), etc.; κατὰ τόπους μ. τὰς ἀναγραφάς divide, arrange them, D.H. Th. 9; μ. τινὰ τοῖς ποιηταῖς, i. e. make one a theme for several tragedies, Him. Ecl. 4.18: — Pass., to be delivered over, εἰς ὕβριν καὶ δουλείαν Chor. p.216 B.

3. sever, cut off, πελέκει χεῖρα Him. Or. 2.21.

4. apply by turns, τὰς χεῖρας τῷ τε τείχει καὶ τῇ λύρᾳ ib. 21.12.

1. Med., μερίζεσθαί τι divide among themselves, χρήματα Din. 1.10, cf. Theoc. 21.31; τι μετά τινος D. 34.18; πρός τινα τὴν ἀρχήν Hdn. 3.10.6; take possession of, τι D. 34.35; ἠρόμην αὐτὸν πότερα μεμερισμένος εἴη πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν whether he had gone shares with his brother, Id. 47.34.

2. c. gen. rei, get a portion of, Isa 9.24. take part in, τοῦ ἀδικήματος Arist. EN 1137a2.

III

1. Pass., to be divided, κατὰ μέρος X. An. 5.1.9 (s. v.l.); ἐπὶ πολλά Hp. Insomn. 86; τὸ μερίζεσθαι τὰς οὐσίας εἰς ὁποσονοῦν πλῆθος Arist. Pol. 1265b3; μ. πρὸς ἑκάστην διοίκησιν (sc. αἱ πρόσοδοι) are distributed, ib. 1321b32; ἐς πᾶσαν πεῖραν μ. make attempts in every direction, App. BC 4.78, cf. Luc. DDeor. 24.1; μερίζεταί τι ἀπό τινος Id. Nav. 8.

2. to be dispersed, ὕδωρ ὑπὸ πυρὸς μερισθέν Pl. Ti. 56d; to be split up, ἄνθρωπος πληγῇ τινι μεριζόμενος Democr. 32: metaph., have divided interests, disperse one's energy, Chor. p.11 B.; also, to be split into parties or factions, Plb. 8.21.9, App. BC 1.1, Hdn. 3.10.4; μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστός; 1 Corinthians 1:13.

3. to be reckoned as part, ἐν τῇ ἀρχῇ τινος μ. D. 15.5.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μερίζω

(< μέρος ),

[in LXX chiefly for H2505;]

to divide;

(a) to divide into parts : metaph., pass., 1 Corinthians 7:34 (WH, R, ing.), 1 Corinthians 7:34 (Rec., R, txt.) ( reading and punctuation, v. ICC, in l); μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστός , 1 Corinthians 1:13; as in late authors, of factional division (cf. Polyb., viii, 23, 9), καθ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ , Matthew 12:25; ἐφ᾿ εαυτόν , Matthew 12:26, Mark 3:24-26;

(b) to distribute: c. acc rei et dat. pers., Mark 6:41; as in later usage (cf. Polyb., xi, 28, 9), to bestow: Romans 12:3, 1 Corinthians 7:17, 2 Corinthians 10:13, Hebrews 7:2; mid., c. acc rei seq. μετά , Luke 12:13 (cf. δια -, συμ -μερίζω ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Deissmann’s contention (LAE, p. 72) that this word is not to be regarded as a specifically NT word, but as belonging to the ordinary Greek of the time, receives further confirmation from such a passage as P Amh II. 92.19 (A.D. 162–3) οὐχ ἕξω δὲ κ [ο ]ινωνὸν οὐδὲ μίσθιον γ ̣ε ̣ν ̣[ό ]μ ̣ε ̣νον τῆς ὠνῆς ὑποτελῆ. The editors translate, ";I will have no partner or servant who is liable on account of the contract,"; but Wilcken (Chrest. I. p. 370) from its association with κοινωνόν prefers to take μίσθιον as = ";tenant,"; ";sublessee."; The adj. is also found in P Flor III. 322.21 (A.D. 258 ?) μίσθιοι ξδ ̄.

List of Word Forms

εμέρισα εμερίσαν εμερίσαντο εμερίσατό εμέρισε εμερισεν εμέρισεν ἐμέρισεν εμερισθη εμερίσθη ἐμερίσθη μεμερισμένην μεμερισται μεμέρισται μεριεί μεριείς μερίζειν μερίζεται μερίζουσι μεριούνται μερισασθαι μερίσασθαι μερίσατε μερισθεισα μερισθείσα μερισθεῖσα μερισθη μερισθή μερισθῇ μερισθήσεται μέρισον μερίσω μεριώ emerisen emérisen emeristhe emeristhē emerísthe emerísthē memeristai meméristai merisasthai merísasthai meristhe meristhē meristhêi meristhē̂i meristheisa meristheîsa

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