Words the Bible translates as divide
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 19 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥalaqחָלַקto divide something into shares and hand them out: to apportion, allot, or distribute
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- to be smooth, or to make speech smooth: to flatter
- baqaבָּקַעto split something open by force: to cleave, breach, or burst it apart
- merizōμερίζωto divide a whole into parts: to deal them out as shares, or to be left split against itself
- diaireōδιαιρέωto apportion or distribute: to parcel out shares of something valuable and hand them to specific recipients, by the authority of the one doing the dividing.
- badalבָּדַלto draw a dividing line between two things: to part them, to tell them apart, or to set one of them aside for a purpose
- diamerizōδιαμερίζωto break a whole into parts that go separate ways: to share something out among several people, or to leave a group split into opposing sides
- paradפָּרַדto separate, divide, or part: to draw a boundary between things once joined, so that they stand apart.
- schizōσχίζωto be split into opposing groups, divided in opinion.
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- to tear or split something apart, breaking a whole thing into pieces.
- ḥatsahחָצָהto divide something into parts, especially into two, and so to reach a halfway point
- parasפָּרַסto break in two: to part a whole thing into pieces
- gazarגָּזַרto cut, divide, or cut off: to sever something by a decisive stroke, and so to separate or remove it
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- to decree, decide: to settle a matter firmly by an authoritative word
- nataḥנָתַחto cut a dead body apart at the joints into its separate pieces: to butcher a carcass into a countable set of parts
- palagפָּלַגto dividenot studied yet
- ḥatsatsחָצַץto dividenot studied yet
- bazaבָּזָאto dividenot studied yet
- apodiorizōἀποδιορίζωto dividenot studied yet
- havarהָבַרto dividenot studied yet
- pelagפְּלַגto dividenot studied yet
- paratפָּרַטto dividenot studied yet
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