Lexicon diairesis: a division Original Word: διαίρεσις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: diairesis Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ah'-ee-res-is) Short Definition: division, distribution, difference, distinction Definition: division, distribution, difference, distinction. HELPS word-Studies 1243 diaíresis (from 1223 /diá, "through, reaching across," intensifying 138 /hairéomai, "making a personal choice") – properly, God's choice to give sovereign endowments of grace to His people so they can reach out ("across") to others, as His hand extended (cf. 1 Jn 4:17). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom diaireóDefinitiona division NASB Translationvarieties (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1243: διαίρεσιςδιαίρεσις, διαιρέσεως, ἡ ( διαιρέω, which see); 1. division, distribution, (Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, others). 2. distinction, difference, (Plato, Sophocles, p. 267 b. τινα διαίρεσιν ἀγνωσιας τέ καί γνώσεως θήσομεν; others); in particular, a distinction arising from a different distribution to different persons, (A. V. diversity): 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, cf. 1 Corinthians 12:11 διαιροῦν ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ καθώς βούλεται.
Strong's difference, diversity. From diaireo; a distinction or (concretely) variety -- difference, diversity. see GREEK diaireo |
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