Strong G1244διαιρέω

to distribute

Transliteration
diaireō
Pronunciation
dee-ahee-reh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1223 and G138; to separate that is distribute: - divide.

Detailed definition

δι-αιρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for בּתר (as Gen.15:10), חלק (as Jos.18:5), etc.;]
1. to divide into parts, cut asunder.

2. to distribute: with accusative of thing(s), dative of person(s), Luk.15:12, 1Co.12:11.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1244 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • divide2

First verses

  1. Luke 15:12
    And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
  2. 1 Corinthians 12:11
    But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διαιρ-έω,
take apart, cleave in twain, divide, διὰ δ᾽ ἀμφοτέρους ἕλε κύκλους ἀσπίδος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.280; παῖδα κατὰ μέλεα διελών 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119)]; δ. λαγόν cut it open, [Refs ([prev. work] 123)]; δ. πυλίδα break it open, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.110, 6.51; δ. τὴν ὀροφήν)]tear away, pull down, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.48; τοὺς σταυρούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.21)]; δ. τοῦ τείχους take down part of the wall, make a breach in it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75)]; τὸ διῃρημένον the breach, [Refs ([prev. work] 76, 5.3)]; διῃρημένοι τὸ ὑπόζωμα, of insects, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 556a18; διαιρουμένος τὴν καρδίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1.)]
II divide, δύο μοίρας Λυδῶν the Lydians into two parts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, compare 4.148; δύο μερίδας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.12; δ. τριχῇ ψυχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253c; δ. εἰς τὸ ἐλάχιστον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 440b5; εἰς ὁμοιομερῆ [prev. author] “HA” 486a5 (_passive_))]:—middle, divide for themselves, κατ᾽ ὀλίγας ναῦς διελόμενοι distributing their ships in small divisions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11)]; τοῖς δικάζουσι δ. τὰ ὦτα lending an ear to both parties, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 52.4)]; divide among themselves, τιμάς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 112; τὴν ληΐην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.85; κατὰ πόλεις τὸ ἔργον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.19; τἀδικήματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.38: _absolutely_, δ. κατὰ πόλεις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.114:)] —passive, διῃρημένοι κατ᾽ ἀναπαύλας divided into relays, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.75)]; διαιρήσομαι as future passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 261c; διῄρητο τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων εἰς δύο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.51.)]
II.2 break up, opposed to συντιθέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 78c, etc.)]
II.3 dispense, φάρμακον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.73b.)]
III distinguish, τυραννίδος εἴδη δύο διείλομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295a8, etc.; δ. πότερα.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.26: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 742)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 182c; δ. τοὺς ἀμείνους καὶ τοὺς χείρονας [prev. author] “Lg.” 950c; δ. περί τινος [prev. author] “Chrm.” 163d.)]
III.2 determine, decide, διαφορὰς διαιρέοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23; δίκας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 472; τοῦτο πρᾶγμα [prev. work] 488)]; ψήφῳ δ. τοῦδε πράγματος πέρι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 630; τὰ ἀμφίλογα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 571a, “Prt.” 314b, +others; κλήρῳ δ. τὸν νικῶντα [prev. author] “Lg.” 946b; δ. περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 239b13, etc.)]; διαιρείσθω πόσα εἴδη, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1300b18, etc.: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1100; also δ. εἴτε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 206 codices)]
III.3 define expressly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16.γ and 103)]:—middle, with accusative et infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.47.)]
III.4 middle, interpret, τέρας, δημεῖον, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.60, 9.6.)]
IV in Logic, divide, δ. κατ᾽ εἴδη τὰ ὄντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273e)]; divide a genus into its species, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 96b15, +others)]:—middle, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 642b5.)]
V in Mathematics texts, divide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 895e (_passive_))]; διελόντι, dividendo, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.6, +others)]
VI divide words, punctuate in reading, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.17, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1401a24 (_passive_))]; Grammars, resolve a diphthong or contracted form, διῃρῆσθαι Ἰακῶς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 38.17, compare 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 5, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus “Philet.” p.456P. (_passive_).)]
VII allocate revenues, [Refs (“OGI” 573.24 (from Cilicia).)]