διαιρέω, διαίρω; 2 aorist διεῖλον; 1. to divide into parts, to part, to tear, cleave or cut asunder, (Homer and subsequent writings; Gen_15:10; 1Ki_3:25). 2. to distribute: τί τίνι (Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5, 51; Hell. 3, 2, 10): Luk_15:12; 1Co_12:11; (Jos_18:5; 1Ch_23:6, etc.).

διαιρέω diaireō 2x to divide, to divide out, distribute, Luk_15:12 ; 1Co_12:11 διακαθαίρω diakathairō 1x to cleanse thoroughly, Luk_3:17

δι -αιρέω , -ῶ , [in LXX for H1334 (as Gen_15:10 ), H1334 (as Jos_18:5 ), etc.;] 1. to divide into parts, cut asunder. 2. to distribute: c . acc rei , dat . pers ., Luk_15:12 , 1Co_12:11 .†

διαιρέω [page 149] Division between two or more parties, as in Luk_15:12 , is the ordinary force of the word. Thus in a iii/B.C. inscr. in Ἀθηνᾶ xx. p. 167 ἀγρὸς . . ὃν ἔλαβεν διαιρούμενος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν , P Magd 29 .4 (B.C. 218) διαιρέσεως γενομένης καὶ συγγρ [α ]φῆς τεθείσης διειρῆσθαι ἴσως καὶ ὁμοίως , οὐ διείρηταί μοι δικαίως of a division of land that had not been carried through justly : cf. BGU IV. 1123 .8 (time of Augustus) διαιρεθήσεται εἰς μέ [ρη ] ἴσα καὶ ὅμοια τρία , καὶ λήμψεται ἕκαστ [ο ]ς ἡμῶν μέρος ἕν , P Oxy X. 1278 .10 (A.D. 214) διειρῆσθαι π [ρὸ ]ς ἑαυτοὺς τὴν καρπείαν , have divided among themselves the usufruct, and OGIS 573 .24 (i/A.D.) διαιρείτωι δ ὁ ἱερεὺς τὰ (ε )ἰσφερόμενα τῶι θεῶι εἰς κατασκευὴν τοῦ τόπου , where the editor remarks that verbum notionem distribuendae pecuniae in diversas expensas quibus opus sit habere videtur. With the dat. as in Lk l. c. cf. P Lond 880 .11 (B.C. 113) (= III. p. 9) ὁμολογεῖ . . διειρῆσθαι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα [αὐ ]τῶι ἔγγαια τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ υἱοῖς . The construction with πρός is commoner. The more general sense of distribute, as in 1Co_12:11 , may be seen in the Will of Epicteta, Michel 1001 vi. 18 ( c. B.C. 200) οἱ ( sc. ὁ ) δὲ ἀρτυτὴρ διελεῖ τὰ ἱερὰ τοῖς παροῦσι . For the middle in the same sense cf. Syll 229 .19 (iii/B.C.) διείλοντο τὸ ἀργύριον the meaning is practically = διεῖλον πρὸς ἀλλήλους . In ib. 831 .7 πάντα ἃ ἔχε [ι ] διελόμενος Νικήρατος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν this will not apply.

διαιρέω fut. ήσω aor2 -εῖλον aor1 pass. -ῃρέθην "to take one from another, to cleave in twain, to divide into parts", Il. , Hdt. ; δ. λαγόν "to cut" it "open", id=Hdt. ; δ. πυλίδα "to break" it "open", Thuc. ; δ. τὴν ὀροφήν "to tear" it away, id=Thuc. ; δ. τοῦ τείχους "to take down" part of the wall, "make a breach" in it, id=Thuc. ; τὸ διῃρημένον "the breach", id=Thuc. "to divide", δύο μοίρας Λυδῶν the Lydians "into" two parts, Hdt. ; so, δ. τριχῆ Plat. ; εἰς δύο Dem. :—Mid. "to divide for themselves", ναῦς Thuc. : but also "to divide among themselves", Hes. , Hdt. :—Pass., διῃρημένοι κατ᾽ ἀναπαύλας "divided" into relays, Thuc. "to divide" into component parts, Plat. "to distinguish", Ar. "to determine, decide", Hdt. , Aesch. , etc. "to say distinctly, to define, interpret", Hdt. , attic

δι-αιρέω, -ῶ [in LXX for בּתר (as Gen.15:10), חלק (as Jos.18:5), etc. ;] __1. to divide into parts, cut asunder. __2. to distribute: with accusative of thing(s), dative of person(s), Luk.15:12, 1Co.12:11.† (AS)