διαίρεσις, διαιρέσεως, ἡ (διαιρέω, which see); 1. division, distribution, (Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, others). 2. distinction, difference, (Plato, Sophocles, p. 267 b. τινα διαίρεσιν ἀγνωσιας τέ καί γνώσεως θήσομεν; others); in particular, a distinction arising from a different distribution to different persons, (A. V. diversity): 1Co_12:4-6, cf. 1Co_12:11 διαιροῦν ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ καθώς βούλεται.

διαίρεσις diairesis 3x a division; a distinction, difference, diversity, 1Co_12:4-6

δι -αίρεσις , -εως , ἡ ( < διαιρέω ), [in LXX chiefly for H4256 ;] 1. a distinction, diference. 2. a division, distribution: 1Co_12:4-6 ( cf. διαιρέω ; Cremer , 616).†

διαίρεσις [page 149] In the long land-survey P Tebt I. 61 ( b ) .51, .68 (B.C. 118 7) we find ἐγ διαιρέσεως bis of the division of wheat among several cultivators : cf. ib. 72 (B.C. 114 3) quater. For the same meaning see P Tebt. II. 382 .4 (division of land B.C. 30 A.D. 1) ἐκ κλήρου διαιρέσεὠ , in consequence of the division by lot, P Flor I. 5 .5 (A.D. 244 5), ib. 50 .116 (A.D. 268), P Strass I. 29 .43, .45 (A.D. 289), P Gen I. 11 .4 (A.D. 350) al. In P Hib I. 116 .3 ( c , B.C. 245) διαίρεσις Μεχὶρ ἕως Ἐπείφ , the word is used of a period of time. From the inscriptions we may cite Syll 510 .24 (ii/B.C.) καὶ κοινὴμ μὲν διαίρεσιν ταύτην εἶναι , ἂν δέ πως ἄλλως πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁμολογήσωσιν ὑπὲρ τῆς διαιρέσεως κτλ . with reference to certain μερισμοὺς τῶν ἐγγαίων .

διαίρεσις διαίρεσις, εως [Etym: διαιρέω] "a dividing, division", of money, Hdt. ; of spoil, Xen. ; ἐν διαιρέσει [ψήφων] "in the reckoning" of the votes "on either side", Aesch.

δι-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ (διαιρέω), [in LXX chiefly for מַחֲלֹקֶת ;] __1. a distinction, diference. __2. a division, distribution: 1Co.12:4-6 (cf. διαιρέω; Cremer, 616).† (AS)