δι-αιρέω, -ῶ; 2 aor. διεῖλον ; 1. to divide into parts, to part, to tear, cleave or cut asunder, (Hom. and subseq. writ.; Gen. xv. 10; 1 K. iii. 25). 2. to distribute: τί τινε (Xen. Cyr. 4, 5, 51; Hell. 3, 2, 10): Lk. xv. 12; 1 Co. xii. 11; (Josh. xviii. 5; 1 Chr. xxiii. 6, ete.).

διαιρέω diaireō 2x

to divide, to divide out, distribute, Lk. 15:12; 1 Cor. 12:11*

δι-αιρέω, -ῶ

[in LXX for בּתר (as Ge 15:10), חלק (as Jos 18:5), etc. ;]

to divide into parts, cut asunder.

to distribute: c. acc. rei, dat. pers., Lk 15:12, I Co 12:11.†

διαιρέω. Division between two or more parties, as in Lk 151", is the ordinary force of the word. Thus in a iii/B.C. inser. in ᾿Αθηνᾶ xx. p. 167 ἀγρὸς . . dv ἔλαβεν διαιρούμενος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν, I’ Magd 20 (B.c. 218) διαιρέσεως γενομένης καὶ συγγρί αἸφῆς τεθείσης διειρῆσθαι ἴσως καὶ ὁμοίως, οὐ διείρηταί μοι δικαίως --ο a division of land that had not been carried through justly: cf. BGU IV. 11238 (time of Augustus) διαιρεθήσεται εἰς μέρη] ἴσα καὶ ὅμοια τρία, καὶ λήμψεται ἕκαστί οἷς ἡμῶν μέρος ἕν, P Oxy X. 12729 (a.p. 214) διειρῆσθαι m[pd]s ἑαυτοὺς τὴν καρπείαν, “have divided among themselves the usufruct,” and OG/S 57374 (i/A.D.) διαιρείτωι ὃ ὁ ἱερεὺς τὰ (εἰσφερόμενα τῶι θεῶι εἰς κατασκευὴν τοῦ τόπου, where the edilor remarks that ‘*verbum notionem distribuendae pecuniae in diversas expensas quibus opus sit habere videtur.” With the dat. as in Lk /.c. cf. P Lond 8So0" (B.C. 113) (- ΠΤ. p. 9) ὁμολογεῖ. . διειρῆσθαι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα [αὐ]τῶι ἔγγαια τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ υἱοῖς. The construction with πρός is commoner. ‘The more general sense of κε distribute,” as in 1 Cor 12", may be seen in the Will of Epicteta, J/zche/ 100138 (c. B.c. 200) οἱ (sc. ὁ) δὲ ἀρτυτὴρ διελεῖ τὰ ἱερὰ τοῖς παροῦσι. For the middle in the same sense cf. Sy// 229) (iii/B.c.) διείλοντο τὸ ἀργύριον Parr 1. , διάκονος —the meaning is practically = διεῖλον πρὸς ἀλλήλους. In τ. 8317 πάντα ἃ ἔχε[ι] διελόμενος Νικήρατος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν this will not apply.

διαιρέω (diaireō) — to distribute. διαιρ-έω, take apart, cleave in twain, divide, διὰ δ᾽ ἀμφοτέρους ἕλε κύκλους ἀσπίδος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. λαγόν cut it open, [Refs]; δ. πυλίδα break it open, [Refs 5th c.BC+]tear away, pull down, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τοῦ τείχους take down part of the wall, make a breach in it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ διῃρημένον the breach, [Refs]; διῃρημένοι τὸ ὑπόζωμα, of insects, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. divide, δύο μοίρας Λυδῶν the Lydians into two parts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, divide for themselves, κατ᾽ ὀλίγας ναῦς διελόμενοι distributing their ships in small divisions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς δικάζουσι δ. τὰ ὦτα lending an ear to both parties, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; divide among themselves, τιμάς [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, διῃρημένοι κατ᾽ ἀναπαύλας divided into relays, [Refs]; διαιρήσομαι as future passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. break up, opposed to συντιθέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. dispense, φάρμακον [Refs 1st c.AD+]

III. distinguish, τυραννίδος εἴδη δύο διείλομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. determine, decide, διαφορὰς διαιρέοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψήφῳ δ. τοῦδε πράγματος πέρι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; διαιρείσθω πόσα εἴδη, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.3. define expressly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, with accusative et infinitive, [Refs]

III.4. middle, interpret, τέρας, δημεῖον, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

IV. in Logic, divide, δ. κατ᾽ εἴδη τὰ ὄντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; divide a genus into its species, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs]

V. in Mathematics texts, divide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διελόντι, dividendo, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

VI. divide words, punctuate in reading, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Grammars, resolve a diphthong or contracted form, διῃρῆσθαι Ἰακῶς [Refs 1st c.AD+]

VII. allocate revenues, [Refs]