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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Divide
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Luke 22:17
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
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חָלַק
châlaq · khaw-lak'
18 times translated as this KJV form65 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 49:7Strong's last: Daniel 11:39
Open full H2505 profile →בָּדַל
bâdal · baw-dal'
4 times translated as this KJV form42 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 1:6Strong's last: Exodus 26:33
Open full H914 profile →פָּרַס
pâraç · paw-ras'
4 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
Strong's KJV usage: deal, divide, have hoofs, part, tear.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 11:4Strong's last: Deuteronomy 14:7
Open full H6536 profile →חָצָה
châtsâh · khaw-tsaw'
3 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
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 →נָחַל
nâchal · naw-khal'
3 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 33:54Strong's last: Numbers 34:18
Open full H5157 profile →נָפַל
nâphal · naw-fal'
3 times translated as this KJV form435 total Strong's occurrences
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 →בָּקַע
bâqaʻ · baw-kah'
2 times translated as this KJV form51 total Strong's occurrences
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 →גָּזַר
gâzar · gaw-zar'
2 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
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 →διαμερίζω
diamerízō · dee-am-er-id'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
to partition thoroughly (literally in distribution, figuratively in dissension)
Strong's KJV usage: :--cloven, divide, part.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 22:17Strong's last: Luke 22:17
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merízō · mer-id'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 12:13Strong's last: Luke 12:13
Open full G3307 profile →פָּלַג
pâlag · paw-lag'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to split (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: divide.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 55:9Strong's last: Psalms 55:9
Open full H6385 profile →פָּרַר
pârar · paw-rar'
1 times translated as this KJV form51 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 74:13Strong's last: Psalms 74:13
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H2505
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
H2505
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
H2505
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
H1504
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
H1504
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
H1234
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
H2505
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
H2505
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
H6385
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
H2505
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
H6565
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
H2505
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
H2505
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
H2505
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
H2505
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
H2505
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
H2505
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
H5307
Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
H2505
So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
H5307
And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
H5307
This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
H2505
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
G3307
And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
G1266
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
English meaning and historical usage.
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divide
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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