verb

Greekδιχοτομέω (dichotomeō)

Biblang

dichotomamō

Strong’sG1371

I cut in two, scourge severely

stem dichotom-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.

διχοτομέω, -ῶ

(< διχοτόμος, < δίχα, τέμνω), [in LXX: Ex 29:17 (נתח pi.);]

to cut in two, cut asunder: perh. metaph. of severe scourging (but v. Meyer on Mt, l.c., and cf. I Ki 15:33, II Ki 12:31, He 11:37), Mt 24:51, Lk 12:46.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1371 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-khot-om-eh'-o

to bisect, i.e. (by extension) to flog severely

Fromfrom a compound of a derivative of G1364 and a derivative of τέμνω (to cut);

King Jamescut asunder (in sunder).

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

δῐχο-τομέω,
cut in twain: bisect a line, Refs 2nd c.BC+:—passive, Refs 4th c.BC+: metaphorically of the medial raphe of the perineum, Refs 7th c.AD+
2 punish with the last severity, NT
3 divide into two (logically), Refs 5th c.BC+
4 intransitive, of the moon, uncertain in 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.

cut … inpieces2×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
dichotomatiδιχοτομήσει	will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular	cut … inpieces	2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	dichotomamō	dichotomame	dichotomami	dichotomama	dichotomamē	dichotomamelē
you 2nd person singular	dichotomasō	dichotomase	dichotomasi	dichotomasa	dichotomasē	dichotomaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	dichotomatō	dichotomate	dichotomati2×διχοτομήσει	dichotomata	dichotomatē	dichotomatelē
we 1st person plural	dichotomanō	dichotomane	dichotomani	dichotomana	dichotomanē	dichotomanelē
ye 2nd person plural	dichotomavō	dichotomave	dichotomavi	dichotomava	dichotomavē	dichotomavelē
they 3rd person plural	dichotomalō	dichotomale	dichotomali	dichotomala	dichotomalē	dichotomalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	dichotomameiō	dichotomameia	dichotomameiē
you 2nd person singular	dichotomaseiō	dichotomaseia	dichotomaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	dichotomateiō	dichotomateia	dichotomateiē
we 1st person plural	dichotomaneiō	dichotomaneia	dichotomaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	dichotomaveiō	dichotomaveia	dichotomaveiē
they 3rd person plural	dichotomaleiō	dichotomaleia	dichotomaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	dichotomasōr	dichotomasar	dichotomasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	dichotomatōr	dichotomatar	dichotomatēr
ye 2nd person plural	dichotomavōr	dichotomavar	dichotomavēr
they 3rd person plural	dichotomalōr	dichotomalar	dichotomalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	dichotomamoiō	dichotomamoia
you 2nd person singular	dichotomasoiō	dichotomasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	dichotomatoiō	dichotomatoia
we 1st person plural	dichotomanoiō	dichotomanoia
ye 2nd person plural	dichotomavoiō	dichotomavoia
they 3rd person plural	dichotomaloiō	dichotomaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	dichotomarō	dichotomari	dichotomara	dichotomarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	dichotomarōntos	dichotomarintos	dichotomarantos	dichotomarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

dichotomstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

dichotom 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.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

dichotomati“cut … inpieces”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular2×

Matthew 24:51kai dichotomati auton kai tem merem autou meta …Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him …

Luke 12:46… en hōra ha ouk gnōskatō, kai dichotomati auton kai tem merem autou meta …… does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him …