noun · feminine
diairesias
Strong’sG1243
division, distribution, difference, distinction
stem diairesi-3 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
δι-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ
(< διαιρέω), [in LXX chiefly for מַחֲלֹקֶת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1243 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddee-ah'-ee-res-is
a distinction or (concretely) variety
Fromfrom G1244;
King Jamesdifference, diversity.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
divisibility, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 in Medicine texts, dissection, ζῴων Refs 2nd c.AD+
2.b venesection, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2.c surgical operation, Refs 1st c.BC+
2.d plural, wounds, Refs
II dividing, distribution, of money, Refs 5th c.BC+; of spoil, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν διαιρέσει [ψήφων] in the reckoning of the votes on either side, Refs 4th c.BC+
III distinction, ἀγνωσίας τε καὶ γνώσεως Refs 5th c.BC+; [τῆς δημοκρατίας καὶ τῆς ὀλιγαρχίας] Refs 4th c.BC+
IV in Logic, division of genus into species, τῶν γενῶν κατ᾽ εἴδη δ. Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to συναγωγαί, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.b separation of subject and predicate, περὶ σύνθεσιν καὶ δ. ἐστι τὸ ψεῦδος καὶ τὸ ἀληθές Refs 4th c.BC+
IV.2 ὁ παρὰ τὴν δ. [λόγος] the fallacy of division (compare σύνθεσις), Refs
V Rhet., division or distribution into heads, Refs 1st c.AD+
VI Grammars, resolution of a diphthong into two syllables, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of one word into two, κατὰ διαίρεσιν ἀναγνωστέον Refs 1st c.BC+
VII in Metric, division of a line at the close of a foot, diaeresis, Refs 3rd c.AD+
VIII in Mathematics texts, δ. λόγου transformation of a ratio dividendo, Refs 3rd c.BC+
IX division of troops, of the Roman cohors, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | diairesias | diairesiais3×διαιρέσεις |
| object accusative | diairesian | diairesiain |
| direct address vocative | diairesiar | diairesiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | diairesiau | diairesiaiu |
| to, for dative | diairesia | diairesiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
diairesia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
diairesiais“varieties”subjectnominative plural3×
1 Corinthians 12:4“varieties”Diairesiais de charismeiu alō, tem de autem …There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:5“varieties”kai diairesiais diakoniaiu alō, kai tos autos kurios;There are different ministries, but the same Lord.
1 Corinthians 12:6“varieties”kai diairesiais energēmeiu alō, tos de autos theos, …There are different ways of working, but the same God works all …