Quick Definition
διαμερίζω v. I divide up into parts, break up, distribute
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and 3307; to partition thoroughly (literally in distribution, figuratively in dissension)
KJV Usage: cloven, divide, part
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | μερίζω
57.89 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give
to distribute, to give to each in turn, distribution to distribute objects to a series of persons
MAT 27:35 · MRK 15:24 · LUK 22:17 · LUK 23:34 · JHN 19:24 · ACT 2:45
39.14 · Hostility, Strife · Division
to be opposed to, to be against, division, opposition, hostility to be divided into opposing and hostile units
63.23 · Whole, Unite, Part, Divide · Divide
to divide, to disunite, division, separation to divide into separate parts For another interpretation of διαμερίζω in ACT 2:3 (as middle, not passive), see 15.140.
15.140 · (διαμερίζομαι) · Linear Movement · Disperse, Scatter
to spread out, to disperse to disperse, on the basis of having been divided up There are, however, serious questions as to the precise meaning of διαμερίζομαι in ACT 2:3; the meaning could be ‘tongues as of fire dispersing one to each person,’ but it is also possible that the individual tongues of fire were divided (see 63.23).
1 It is possible that διαμερίζω[c] differs in meaning from μερίζω[a] in being somewhat more emphatic, but this cannot be readily determined from existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-μερίζω : impf. διεμέριζον ; 1 aor. impy. 2 pers. plur. dtapepiocare; Pass., [pres. διαμερίζομαι] ; pf. ptep. διαμεμερισμένος; 1 aor. διεμερίσθην; fut. διαμερισθήσομαι : | Mid., pres. διαμερίζομαι ; 1 aor. διεμερισάμην ; to divide ; a: to cleave asunder, cut in pieces: ζῶα διαμερισθέντα se. by the butcher, Plat. legg. 8 p. 849 d.; ace. to a use peculiar to Lk. in pass. to be divided into opposing parts, to be at variance, in dissension: ἐπί twa, against one, Lk. xi. 17 sq.3 ἐπί τινι, xii. 52 sq. 2. to distribute (Plat. polit. p- 289 ¢.; in Sept. chiefly for ΟΠ): τί, Mk. xv. 24 Rec.; τί τινι, Lk. xxii. 17 (where L T Tr WH εἰς ἑαυτούς for RG ἑαυτοῖς); Acts ii. 45; Pass. Acts ii. 3; Mid. to distribute among themselves: τί, Mt. xxvii. 35; Mk. xv. 24 GLT Tr WH; Lk. xxiii. 34; with ἑαυτοῖς added, [Mt. xxvii. 35 Rec.]; Jn. xix. 24 fr. Ps. xxi. (xxii-) 19.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαμερίζω diamerizō 11x
to divide into parts and distribute, Mt. 27:35; Mk. 15:24; Acts 2:3; pass. in NT to be in a state of dissension, Lk. 11:17, 18; 12:52, 53
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-μερίζω
[in LXX chiefly for חלק pi. ;]
to distribute: c. dat. pers., Ac 2:45; seq. εἰς, Lk 22:17, pass., Ac 2:3. Mid. to distribute among themselves: Mt 27:35, Mk 15:24, Lk 23:34; with redundant ἑαυτοῖς, Jo 19:24 (LXX) (v. M, Pr., 157).
to divide, separate: pass., seq. ἐπί, c. acc., Lk 11:17, 18; ἐπί, c. dat., Lk 12:52, 53.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διαμερίζω. For διαμερίζω εἰς, as Lk 2217, cf. P Lond 9823 (iv/A.D.) (= IIL. p. 242) διεμερίσα[μεν eis ἑαυτούς.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διαμερίζω (diamerizō) — to divide. διαμερ-ίζω, divide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; distribute, τὸ ἐπιβάλλον [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be cut up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. part, separate, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, divide or part among themselves, [NT+5th c.AD+]:—passive, to be set at variance, [NT]