Lexical Summary diairesis: a division Original Word: διαίρεσιςTransliteration: diairesis Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ah'-ee-res-is) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a division Meaning: a division Strong's Concordance difference, diversity. From diaireo; a distinction or (concretely) variety -- difference, diversity. see GREEK diaireo Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. |
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