Quick Definition
μερισμός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a distribution, separation
Strong's Definition
from 3307; a separation or distribution
KJV Usage: dividing asunder, gift
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | μερίζω
63.24 · Whole, Unite, Part, Divide · Divide
the point of division, the point of meeting the point at which parts divide or meet
57.89 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give
to distribute, to give to each in turn, distribution to distribute objects to a series of persons
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μερισμός, -ov, ὁ, (μερίζω), a division, partition, (Plat., Polyb., Strab., [al.]) ; 1. a distribution; plur. dis tributions of various kinds: πνεύματος ἁγίου, gen. of the obj., Heb. ii. 4. 2. α separation: ἄχρι μερισμοῦ ψυχῆς x. πνεύματος, which many take actively: ‘up to the dividing’ i. e. so far as to cleave asunder or separate; but it is not easy to understand what the dividing of the ‘soul’ is. Hence it is more correct, I think, and more in accordance with the context, to take the word pas sively (just as other verbal subst. ending in pds are used, 6. g. ἁγιασμός, πειρασμός), and translate even to the division, ete., i. 6. to that most hidden spot, the dividing line between soul and spirit, where the one passes into the other, Heb. iv. 12; [ef. Siegfried, Philo von Alex. ἃ. 8. w. p- 325 sq. ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μερισμός merismos 2x
a dividing, act of dividing, Heb. 4:12; distribution, gifts distributed, Heb. 2:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μερισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< μερίζω), [in LXX for מַחֲלֹקֶת, מַחְלְקָה, Jos 11:23, Es 6:18*;]
a dividing, division: ψυχῆς κ. πνεύματος (i.e. between them or of the things themselves, v. Westc., in l.), He 4:12.
a distribution, bestowal (cf. μερίζω, 2); pl., He 2:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μερισμός. For μερισμός, “division,” “share,” cf. P Tebt I. <{%8 | (B.C. rrr) (= Witkowski?, p. 104) γέγραπται ὁ μερισμες, ““the division (of artabae) has been drawn ἀρ, Β ΕᾺΥ 1257 (ii/A.D.) δύνασαι] τὸν μερισμὸν τῆς Φιλ[ζοἸπά[το]ρος ἔχειν, For the meaning ‘‘a distributing,” cf. Sy// 603 (Ξ 1017)? (iii/B.c.) πωλή]σει δὲ kal τὰ συν[ειλε]γμέν[ α] ἐκ τοῦ [μ]ερισμοῦ, ““ εχ distributione victimarum deo oblatarum’’ (Ε4.). | Wilcken (Ostr 1. p. 256 ff.) has shown that in the ostraca μερισμός (= τὸ μεμερισμένον) denotes a personal tax assessed at the same rate for all, e.g. Ostr 613° (A.D. 141-142) ὑπί(ὲρ) μερισμ(οῦ) amdpw(v), perhaps a kind of poor-rate (Ost i. p. 161), or more likely an extra levy to make up deficiencies caused by ἄποροι, who were unable to pay taxes (see Archiv iv. p. 545): cf. also P Tebt I. 2915 (c. B.c. 110) πυρίνον μερισμοῦ, ‘items of the corn-dues,”’ BGU I. 203(a.p. 141-2) μερισμὸς [σπ]ερμάτων, 75. 21111 (A.D. 340) μεμερίσθαι καὶ ἀπαιτῆσθαι (/. ἀπῃτῆσθαι) ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας κώμης εἰς τοὺς ἑξῆς ἐγγεγραμμένους ἄνδρας τοὺς ἑξῆς ἐγγεγραμμένους μερισμοὺς ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστου μηνός. For a possible ex. of the rare μέρισμα see P Strass II. 1078 (iii/B.c.) εἰς πάντας τοὺς | λόγους τὰ peplo[para(?)....
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μερισμός (merismos) — division. μερ-ιστέον, one must divide, τὸ καθόλου εἰς γένη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; one must distribute, [Refs]
II. adjective μεριστέος, α, ον, to be divided, [Refs 6th c.AD+]