μερίζω merizō

Greek word for “to divide” · Strong’s G3307 · used 14 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

μερίζω; (μέρος); to divide;

How it is translated

Glosses given for merizō in context, with how often each is used:

• divided 3
• having been divided 2
• shall be divided 2
• has assigned 2
• divide 1
• has allotted 1
• has been divided 1
• has he been divided 1
• apportioned 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 3 (3), Matthew 12 (2), 1 Corinthians 7 (2), Mark 6 (1), Luke 12 (1), Romans 12 (1), 1 Corinthians 1 (1), 2 Corinthians 10 (1), Hebrews 7 (1)

Forms

• ἐμέρισεν 5
• μερισθεῖσα 2
• ἐμερίσθη 2
• μερισθῇ 2
• μεμέρισται 2
• μερίσασθαι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with merizō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἵστημι histēmi “to stand” 5
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 5
• μέτρον metron “measure” 2
• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 3
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 3
• Σατανᾶς Satanas “Satan” 2
• ἕκαστος hekastos “each” 2
• οἰκία oikia “home” 2
• πῶς pōs “how?!” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 3
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 2

Key verses

The verses using merizō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 12:25 — And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against…
• Matthew 12:26 — And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
• Mark 3:24 — And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
• Mark 3:25 — And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
• Mark 6:41 — And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set…
• Luke 12:13 — And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
• Romans 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly,…
• 1 Corinthians 1:13 — Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
• 1 Corinthians 7:17 — But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
• 1 Corinthians 7:34 — There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit:…
• 2 Corinthians 10:13 — But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto…
• Hebrews 7:2 — To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.