Quick Definition
to divide
Strong's Definition
to split (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: divide.
TWOT Reference: 1769
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּלַג (pa.lag) — to divide. 1) to divide, split 1a) (Niphal) to be split, be divided 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to split, cleave 1b2) to divide Aramaic equivalent: pe.lag (פְּלַג "to divide" H6386)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִפְלַגָּה · פֶּלֶג · פְּלַגָּה · פְּלֻגָּה · פֶּלֶג
Non-Whole | verb nif, verb pe'al
to be divided = process by which an object is divided into two or more parts
Flow | verb pi
to cut a channel literally: to divide; hence: = causative action by which deities create an opening for water to flow through
Change | verb pi
Collocation: פלג לָשֹׁון
to confuse speech literally: to divide (someone's) tongue; hence: = causative action by which deities cause human communication to fail
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[פָּלַג] vb. split, divide Niph. the earth was divided
Pi. cleave a channel for rain
divide their speech (their counsels).
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