μερίζω

μερίζω

(μέρος), [in LXX chiefly for חָלַק ;]

to divide;

(a) to divide into parts : metaphorically, pass., 1 Kor 7,34 (WH, R, ing.), 1 Kor 7,34 (Rec., R, txt.) ( reading and punctuation, see ICC, in l); μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστός, 1 Kor 1,13 as in late authors, of factional division (cf. Polyb., viii, 23, 9), καθ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, Matt 12,25 ἐφ᾽ εαυτόν, Matt 12,26, Mark 3,24-26;

(b) to distribute: with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mark 6,41 as in later usage (cf. Polyb., xi, 28, 9), to bestow: Rom 12,3, 1 Kor 7,17, 2 Kor 10,13, Hebr 7,2; mid., with accusative of thing(s) before μετά, Luk 12,13 (cf. δια-, συμ-μερίζω).†