noun · masculine
merismos
Strong’sG3311
a distribution, separation
stem merism-2 times in the New Testament2 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.
μερισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< μερίζω), [in LXX for מַחֲלֹקֶת, מַחְלְקָה, Jos 11:23, Es 6:18*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3311 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmer-is-mos'
a separation or distribution
Fromfrom G3307;
King Jamesdividing asunder, gift.
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
one must divide, τὸ καθόλου εἰς γένη Refs 4th c.BC+; one must distribute, Refs
II adjective μεριστέος, α, ον, to be divided, Refs 6th 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 | merismos | merismois |
| object accusative | merismon | merismoin |
| direct address vocative | merismor | merismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | merismou1×μερισμοῦ | merismoiu |
| to, for dative | merismo | merismoi1×μερισμοῖς |
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
merismo 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
merismou“division”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Hebrews 4:12“division”… pantan machairan distoman kai diiknorōntos achri merismou psuchau kai pneumeu, harmoiu tē kai …… Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of …
merismoi“gifts”to, fordative plural1×
Hebrews 2:4… kai poikilai dunamiai kai pneumeu hagieu merismoi kata tan autou thelēsian?… through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according …