Bible dictionaries
Several; Severally
What Bible dictionaries say about “Several; Severally”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Severally - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
SEV'ERALLY, adv. Separately; distinctly; apart from others. Call the men severally by name.
I could not keep my eye steady on them severally so as to number them.
Newton.
To be jointly and severally bound in a contract, is for each obligor to be liable to pay the whole demand, in case the other or others are not able.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
sev'-er-al, sev'-er-al-i: The Hebrew words chophshuth and chophshith, translated "several" in the King James Version, the English Revised Version, 2Ki 15:5; 2Ch 26:21, are in both cases translated "separate" in the American Standard Revised Version, and indicate ceremonial uncleanness and consequent severance on account of leprosy. In the parable of the Talents (Mt 25:15) and also in 1Co 12:11 the word idios, is translated "several," "severally." In both cases it points to the individuality of the recipients of the gift bestowed.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915