Division

the rendering of the following words:

1. חֲלֻקָּה, chalukkah’, 2Ch 35:5, or מִחֲלֹקֶת, machalo’keth, Jos 11:23; Jos 12:7; Jos 18:10; 1Ch 24:1; 1Ch 26:1; 1Ch 26:12; 1Ch 26:19; Neh 11:36; a regular distribution (e.g. the sacerdotal "courses" or sections).

2. פְּלֻגָּה, peluggah’, 2Ch 35:5, or Chald. פְּלֻגָּא, pelugga’, Ezr 6:18, a partition (likewise applied to the priestly ranks), but, פְּדוּת, pelaggah’, Jdg 5:15-16, streamlets ("rivers," Job 20:17).

3. פּדוּת, peduth’, a distinction, Exo 8:23 (elsewhere "redemption").

4. διαμερισμός, disunion, Luk 12:21; διχοστασία, variance, Rom 16:17; 1Co 3:3; Gal 5:20; σχίσμα, a split, Joh 7:43; Joh 9:16; Joh 10:19 ("rent," Mat 9:16; Mar 2:21).

Every Kingdom That Is Divided Against Itself

Mat_12:25-28; Luk_11:17-20.

Jesus Christ Coming For The Purpose Of Dividing

Mat_10:33-36; Mat_25:31-33; Luk_12:49-53.

Not Being Divided

1Co_1:10-17.

Who Is Divided

1Co_3:3-9; 1Co_11:17-21.

di-vizh´un: Used in English Versions of the Bible in the following senses:

(1) A separate body of people (a) of the tribal divisions of Israel (Jos 11:23; Jos 12:7; Jos 18:10); (b) of sections of a tribe, “the divisions of Reuben” (Jdg 5:15, Jdg 5:16 the King James Version; but the Revised Version (British and American) rightly substitutes “the watercourses of Reuben”; in Job 20:17 the same word is rendered “rivers”); (c) of the (late) organization of priests and Levites into classes or families who ministered in the temple in rotation; translated “courses” generally in the King James Version, and always in the Revised Version (British and American) (1Ch 24:1; 1Ch 26:1, 1Ch 26:12, 1Ch 26:19; Neh 11:36; compare 2Ch 35:5). Much prominence is given by the Chronicler to the 24 classes of priests, singers, and doorkeepers, who served in turns in the temple (compare Luk 1:5, Luk 1:8). (3) In the New Testament, dissension, disunion, schism (Luk 12:51; Rom 16:17; 1Co 3:3 the King James Version, omitted the Revised Version (British and American); 1Co 1:10; 1Co 11:18; Gal 5:20).