Strong G1243διαίρεσις

variety

Transliteration
diairesis
Pronunciation
dee-ah'ee-res-is
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G1244; a distinction or (concretely) variety: - difference diversity.

Detailed definition

δι-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ
(διαιρέω), [in LXX chiefly for מַחֲלֹקֶת;]
1. a distinction, diference.

2. a division, distribution: 1Co.12:4-6 (cf. διαιρέω; Cremer, 616).†
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In the Bible

Strong G1243 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • diversity2
  • difference1

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 12:4
    Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
  2. 1 Corinthians 12:5
    And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
  3. 1 Corinthians 12:6
    And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διαίρ-εσις, εως, ἡ,
divisibility, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1016b4, +others)]
2 in Medicine texts, dissection, ζῴων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.664.)]
2.b venesection, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.9.2.)]
2.c surgical operation, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.56O.)]
2.d plural, wounds, [Refs (Diod.Rh. p.53H.)]
II dividing, distribution, of money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.144)]; of spoil, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.55)]; ἐν διαιρέσει [ψήφων] in the reckoning of the votes on either side, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 749; ἀντίγραφον διαιρέσεως “BGU” 1013.1 (1st c.AD).)]
III distinction, ἀγνωσίας τε καὶ γνώσεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 267b)]; [τῆς δημοκρατίας καὶ τῆς ὀλιγαρχίας] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1294a34.)]
IV in Logic, division of genus into species, τῶν γενῶν κατ᾽ εἴδη δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 267d; ἡ διὰ τῶν γενῶν δ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 46a31)]; opposed to συναγωγαί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 266b.)]
IV.b separation of subject and predicate, περὶ σύνθεσιν καὶ δ. ἐστι τὸ ψεῦδος καὶ τὸ ἀληθές [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Interpretatione” 16a12.)]
IV.2 ὁ παρὰ τὴν δ. [λόγος] the fallacy of division (compare σύνθεσις), [Refs ([prev. author] “SE” 177a33.)]
V Rhet., division or distribution into heads, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “προγυμνάσματα” 7, “Stat.” 1, 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 2 at Title Page, etc.)]
VI Grammars, resolution of a diphthong into two syllables, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 87.2, +others)]; of one word into two, κατὰ διαίρεσιν ἀναγνωστέον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.492a, compare 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus “περὶ τρόπων” 1.8.)]
VII in Metric, division of a line at the close of a foot, diaeresis, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.24.)]
VIII in Mathematics texts, δ. λόγου transformation of a ratio dividendo, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 5 “Def.” 15; κατὰ διαίρεσιν 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 2.6.)]
IX division of troops, of the Roman cohors, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 7.14.9.)]