Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Read in context →And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
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châlaq · khaw-lak'
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
Strong's KJV usage: deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-) part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
Strong's first: Genesis 49:7Strong's last: Daniel 11:39
Open full H2505 profile →bâdal · baw-dal'
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), × utterly.
Strong's first: Genesis 1:6Strong's last: Exodus 26:33
Open full H914 profile →pâraç · paw-ras'
to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
Strong's KJV usage: deal, divide, have hoofs, part, tear.
Strong's first: Leviticus 11:4Strong's last: Deuteronomy 14:7
Open full H6536 profile →châtsâh · khaw-tsaw'
to cut or split in two; to halve
Strong's KJV usage: divide, × live out half, reach to the midst, participle
Strong's first: Exodus 21:35Strong's last: Numbers 31:27
Open full H2673 profile →nâchal · naw-khal'
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
Strong's KJV usage: divide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
Strong's first: Numbers 33:54Strong's last: Numbers 34:18
Open full H5157 profile →nâphal · naw-fal'
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 45:1Strong's last: Ezekiel 48:29
Open full H5307 profile →bâqaʻ · baw-kah'
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
Strong's KJV usage: make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
Strong's first: Exodus 14:16Strong's last: Nehemiah 9:11
Open full H1234 profile →gâzar · gaw-zar'
to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
Strong's KJV usage: cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 3:25Strong's last: 1 Kings 3:26
Open full H1504 profile →diamerízō · dee-am-er-id'-zo
to partition thoroughly (literally in distribution, figuratively in dissension)
Strong's KJV usage: :--cloven, divide, part.
Strong's first: Luke 22:17Strong's last: Luke 22:17
Open full G1266 profile →merízō · mer-id'-zo
to part, i.e. (literally) to apportion, bestow, share, or (figuratively) to disunite, differ
Strong's KJV usage: :--deal, be difference between, distribute, divide, give part.
Strong's first: Luke 12:13Strong's last: Luke 12:13
Open full G3307 profile →pâlag · paw-lag'
to split (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: divide.
Strong's first: Psalms 55:9Strong's last: Psalms 55:9
Open full H6385 profile →pârar · paw-rar'
to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
Strong's KJV usage: × any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, × clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, × utterly, make void.
Strong's first: Psalms 74:13Strong's last: Psalms 74:13
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Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
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DIVIDE, verb transitive [Latin , to part. See the latter words.]
1. To part or separate an entire thing; to part a thing into two or more pieces.
DIVIDE the living child in two. 1 Kings 3:25.
2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition or by an imaginary line or limit. A wall divides two houses. The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres.
Let the firmament divide the waters from the waters. Genesis 1:6.
3. To make partition of, among a number.
Ye shall divide the land by lot. Numbers 33:54.
4. To open; to cleave.
Thou dist divide the sea. Nehemiah 9:11.
5. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant.
There shall be five in one house divided, three against two--Luke 12:13.
6. To distribute; to separate and bestow in parts or shares.
And he divided to them his living. Luke 15:12.
7. To make dividends; to apportion the interest or profits of stock among proprietors; as, the bank divides six per cent.
8. To separate into two parts, for ascertaining opinions for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house, in voting.
DIVIDE, verb intransitive
1. To part; to open; to cleave.
2. To break friendship; as, brothers divide
3. To vote by the division of a legislative house into two parts.
The emperors sat, voted and divided with their equals.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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