Greek noun (masculine) · G3311
μερισμός
merismosmer-is-mos'
a dividing, division; a distribution, bestowal
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: merismós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3311is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3311
a separation or distribution
The King James renders it: dividing asunder, gift.
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
merismos is rendered "a dividing, division; a distribution, bestowal". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a dividing, division".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Hebrews 2:4and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
Hebrews 2:4μερισμοῖς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a dividing, division, and a distribution, bestowal.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a dividing, division | Tagged as
| WhereHebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword… |
| a distribution, bestowal | Tagged as
| WhereHebrews 2:4and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles… |
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 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- μερισμοῖς1
- μερισμοῦ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
Hebrews
two uses
and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
- μερισμοῖςmerismoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: by distributions
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- μερισμοῦmerismounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: division
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.