Greek verb · G3307
μερίζω
merizomer-id'-zo
to divide
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: merízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3307is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3307
to part, i.e. (literally) to apportion, bestow, share, or (figuratively) to disunite, differ
The King James renders it: deal, be difference between, distribute, divide, give part.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
merizo is rendered "to divide". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:25Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
Matthew 12:25μερισθεῖσα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's fourteen uses are in Mark.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- has assigned2
- having been divided2
- shall be divided2
- apportioned1
- has allotted1
- Has been divided1
- has he been divided1
- He divided1
- he is divided1
- to divide1
- was divided1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐμέρισεν5
- ἐμερίσθη2
- μεμέρισται2
- μερισθεῖσα2
- μερισθῇ2
- μερίσασθαι1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-API-3S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2V-APP-NSF
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-APS-3S
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-RPI-3S
- verb · aorist middle, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AMN
Matthew
three uses
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
- μερισθεῖσαmeristheisaverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having been divided
- μερισθεῖσαmeristheisaverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having been divided
If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
- ἐμερίσθηemeristheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he is divided
Mark
four uses
If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
- μερισθῇmeristheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall be divided
If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
- μερισθῇmeristheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall be divided
And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
- ἐμερίσθηemeristheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was divided
Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
- ἐμέρισενemerisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He divided
Luke
one use
Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
- μερίσασθαιmerisasthaiverb · aorist middle, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to divide
Romans
one use
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
- ἐμέρισενemerisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has allotted
1 Corinthians
three uses
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
- μεμέρισταιmemeristaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Has been divided
Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
- ἐμέρισενemerisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has assigned
and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
- μεμέρισταιmemeristaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has he been divided
2 Corinthians
one use
We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
- ἐμέρισενemerisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has assigned
Hebrews
one use
and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
- ἐμέρισενemerisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: apportioned
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.