μερίζω: 1 aor. ἐμέρισα; pf. μεμέρικα (1 Co. vii. 17 T Tr txt. WH txt.); Pass., pf. μεμέρισμαι ; 1 aor. euept σθην; Mid., 1 aor. inf. μερίσασθαι; (fr. μέρος, as μελίζω [Comp.: dva-, 81a-, év-, emt, fr. μέλος) ; fr. Xen. down; Sept. for pn: to divide; ie. a. to separate into parts, cut into pieces: pass. μεμέρισται 6 Χριστός ; i. e. has Christ himself, whom ye claim as yours, been like yourselves divided into parts, so that one has one part and another another part? 1 Co. i. 13 [L WH txt. punctuate so as to take it as an exclamatory declaration; see Meyer in loc.}; trop. pepeptorat ἣ γυνὴ καὶ ἡ παρθένος, differ in their aims, follow different interests, [A. V. ‘here is a difference between; but L Tr WH connect pep. with what precedes], 1 Co. vii. 833 (34); to divide into parties, i. e. be split into factions (Polyb. 8, 23,9): καθ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ to be at variance with one’s self, to rebel [A. V. divided] against one’s self, Mt. xii. 25; also ἐπ᾿ ἐμαυτόν, ib. 26; Mk. iii. 24-26. b. to distribute : τί τισι, a thing among persons, Mk. vi. 41; to bestow, impart: τινί, 1 Co. vii. 17; τί τινι, Ro. xii. 8; 2 Co. x. 13; Heb. vii. 2, (Sir. xlv. 20; Polyb. 11, 28, 9) ; mid. μερίζομαί τι μετά τινος, to divide (for one’s self) a thing with one, Lk. xii. 13 (Dem. p. 913, 1). [Come.: δια-, συμ-μερίζω.)

μερίζω merizō 14x

to divide; to divide out, distribute, Mk. 6:41; to assign, bestow, Rom. 12:3; 1 Cor. 7:17; 2 Cor. 10:13; Heb. 7:2; mid. to share, Lk. 12:13; pass. to be subdivided, to admit distinctions, Mk. 3:24-26; 1 Cor. 1:13; to be severed by discord, be at variance, Mt. 12:25, 26; to differ, 1 Cor. 7:34*

μερίζω

(< μέρος), [in LXX chiefly for חלק;]

to divide; to divide into parts: metaph., pass., I Co 7:34 (WH, R, mg.), 34 (Rec., R, txt.) (on reading and punctuation, v. ICC, in l.); μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστός, I Co 1:13; as in late authors, of factional division (cf. Polyb., viii, 23, 9), καθ’ ἑαυτοῦ, Mt 12:25; ἐφ’ εαυτόν, Mt 12:26, Mk 3:24-26;

to distribute: c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Mk 6:41; as in later usage (cf. Polyb., xi, 28, 9), to bestow: Ro 12:3, I Co 7:17, II Co 10:13, He 7:2; mid., c. acc. rei seq. μετά, Lk 12:13 (cf. δια-, συμ-μερίζω).†

μερίζω in the sense of ‘‘distribute,” ‘‘assign,” is seen in such passages as P Tebt II. 302° (a.p. 71-2) εἰ ὁ Πετρώνιος ἡμῖν τὰς ἀρούρας ἀντὶ σ]υντάξεως ἐμέρισεν KTA., “if Petronius had assigned the land to us instead of a subyention” etc., P Oxy IV. 7137® (A.D. 97) ἡ δὲ μήτηρ... ἐμέρισε τοῖς προγεγραμμένοις pov abeAdolijs ἀπὸ τῶν περὶ Νέσλα ἑκατέρῳ ἀρούρας τέσσαρας, ‘my mother bestowed upon my brother and sister aforesaid 4 each of the arourae at Nesla”’ (Edd.), 26. III. 489° (a Will—a.p. 117) οἷς τέκνοις ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐξέσται τὰ am ἐμοῦ εἰς αὐτοὺς ἐλευσόμενα ἑτέροις μερίζειν εἰ [μὴ μόνῃ ἑκάστῃ αὐτῶ]ν γενεᾷ, ‘‘ which children shall not have the power to alienate what is inherited by them from me except only to their several families”’ (Edd.), and Ρ Leid τίν. 85 (ji/iii A.D.) μέρισόν pot ἀγαθὰ ἐν τῇ γενέσι (1. γενέσει) pov. Cf. also BGU II. 511%i-12 (time of ἡμέραν, Meyer Ostr 811 (A.D. 23) μέρισον “Qpawr Ἣρακλ(e(80v) ὑπίὸ) λαχανόίσπερμον) ὄνον ἕνα ἀρτά(βης) μιᾶς ἡμίσους. Inthe Attic inscrr. the verb is used of paying out money from the public treasury, e.g. Sy/7 74 (= 3. 137)8® (c. B.C. 386) μερίσαι δὲ τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εἰρημένον τὸς ἀποδέκτας ἐκ τῶν καταβαλλομένων χρημά[τ]ων, ἐπειδὰν τὰ ἐκ τῶν νόμων μερ[ίσωσι. For the pass. see BGU IV. 1053/33 (B.C. 13) TOV μεμερισμένον αὐτοῖς χρόνον, 24. 1131°°(B.C. 13) δαπάνης μεριζομένης els μέρη ἴσα δύο. We may note also the touching inscr. Kazbe/ 675— Achbava Λουκίλλης διδυματόκου ἐνθάδε κεῖτε, ἧς μεμέρισται βρέφη, ζωὸν πατρί, θάτερον αὐτῇ.

μερίζω (merizō) — to divide. μερίζω, Doric dialect μερ-ίσδω, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: Attic dialect future -ιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐμέρισα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Doric dialect participle μερίξας [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect μεμέρικα [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, future -ίσομαι [LXX+4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐμερισάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect μεμέρισμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, future μεριοῦμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐμερίσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect μεμέρισμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: (μερίς):—divide, distribute, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἕκαστον εἶδος πολιτείας μ. make a division, [Refs]split up the amount, [Refs]divide by.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. assign a part, allot, ἐφ᾽ ἕκαστον μ. τὸ φιλεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ. τοὺς τόκους πρὸς τὸν πλοῦν allot the interest according to the voyage, i.e. pay only a part of it, if a part only of the voyage has been performed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; allot, assign spheres of duty, τινι [Refs]; apportion, allocate funds, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] (passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; bestow, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κατὰ τόπους μ. τὰς ἀναγραφάς divide, arrange them, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; μ. τινὰ τοῖς ποιηταῖς, i. e. make one a theme for several tragedies, [Refs 4th c.AD+]:—passive, to be delivered over, εἰς ὕβριν καὶ δουλείαν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. sever, cut off, πελέκει χεῖρα [Refs 4th c.AD+]

4. apply by turns, τὰς χεῖρας τῷ τε τείχει καὶ τῇ λύρᾳ [Refs]

II. middle, μερίζεσθαί τι divide among themselves, χρήματα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; take possession of, τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἠρόμην αὐτὸν πότερα μεμερισμένος εἴη πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν whether he had gone shares with his brother, [Refs]

II.2. with genitive of things, get a portion of, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. b take part in, τοῦ ἀδικήματος [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. passive, to be divided, κατὰ μέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. πρὸς ἑκάστην διοίκησιν (i.e. αἱ πρόσοδοι) are distributed, [Refs]; ἐς πᾶσαν πεῖραν μ. make attempts in every direction, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III.2. to be dispersed, ὕδωρ ὑπὸ πυρὸς μερισθέν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be split up, ἄνθρωπος πληγῇ τινι μεριζόμενος [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: metaphorically, have divided interests, disperse one's energy,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, to be split into parties or factions, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστό; [NT]

III.3. to be reckoned as part, ἐν τῇ ἀρχῇ τινος μ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]