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Strong's #1371 - διχοτομέω

Transliteration
dichotoméō
Phonetics
dee-khot-om-eh'-o
Origin
from a compound of a derivative of (G1364) and a derivative of temno (to cut)
Parts of Speech
Verb
TDNT
2:225,177
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to cut into two parts
    1. of the cruel method of punishment used by the Hebrews and others of cutting one in two
  2. cut up by scourging, scourge severely
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 5408 ‑ נָתַח (naw‑thakh');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (4)
Matthew 2
Luke 2
NAS (4)
Matthew 2
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HCS (2)
Matthew 1
Luke 1
BSB (2)
Matthew 1
Luke 1
ESV (2)
Matthew 1
Luke 1
WEB (4)
Matthew 2
Luke 2
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

δῐχο-τομέω,

1. cut in twain: bisect a line, Plb. 6.28.2: Pass., Arist. Pr. 913b31; σώματος -ηθέντος Plu. Pyrrh. 24: metaph. of the medial raphe of the perineum, Paul.Aeg. 6.62, etc.

2. punish with the last severity, Matthew 24:51.

3. divide into two (logically), Pl. Plt. 302e, Arist. PA 642b22, 644b19.

4. intr., of the moon, dub. in Plu. 2.929f.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

διχοτομέω, διχοτόμω: future διχοτομήσω; (διχότομος cutting in two); to cut into two parts (Exodus 29:17): Matthew 24:51; Luke 12:46 — in these passages many suppose reference to be made to that most cruel mode of punishment, in use among the Hebrews (1 Samuel 15:33) and other ancient nations (see Winers RWB under the word Lebensstrafen; (B. D. under the word , III. b. 3; especially Wetstein on Matthew, the passage cited)), by which criminals and captives were cut in two. But in the text the words which follow, and which imply that the one thus 'cut asunder' is still surviving, oppose this interpretation; so that here the word is more fitly translated cut up by scourging, scourge severely, (but see Meyer on Matthew, the passage cited). (Occasionally in Greek writings from Plato down.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

διχοτομέω , -

(< διχοτόμος , < δίχα , τέμνω ),

[in LXX: Exodus 29:17 (H5408 pi.);]

to cut in two, cut asunder: perh. metaph. of severe scourging (but v. Meyer on Mt, l.c., and cf. 1 Samuel 15:33, 2 Samuel 12:31, Hebrews 11:37), Matthew 24:51, Luke 12:46.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The word is found in a very touching sepulchral inscription from Lycaonia (iii/iv A.D.), published in JHS xxii. (1902), p. 369 f., which on account of its simplicity and pathos may be given entire, as freshly read by Prof. W. M. Calder : —Γορδιανὸς τῇ γλυκυτάτῃ μου συμβίῳ Γαεάνῃ, ὑπὲρ τοῦ μέλιτος γλυκυτάτῃ, τῇ συνζησάσᾳ μοι χρόνους ὀλίγους ἐπι [τ ]ίμως, κὲ τῷ υεἱῷ μου τῷ πρωτοτόκ [ ] Ἀμβροσίῳ τῷ διχοτομήσαντί με τοῦ πολοέτιον ζῆν. εὐθίως γὰρ πεντήκοντα ἡμέρας πληρώσας ἐξηκολούθησεν τῇ μητρὶ τῇ πανμακαρίτῃ. ἐλεύσομε δὲ κάτω πρὸς ὑμᾶς πληρώσας τὸ χρέος τ [ο ]ῦ βίου, ";Gordianus to my sweetest wife Gaiana, sweetest beyond honey, who lived with me honorably for a little time, and to my firstborn son Ambrosius, who cut me off from living through many years. For as soon as he had fulfilled fifty days he followed his sainted mother. But I shall come down to you when I have fulfilled my appointed portion of life."; The verb may be quoted from 3 Baruch 16 (Texts and Studies v. i. p. 94) διχοτομήσατε αὐτοὺς ἐν μαχαίρᾳ καὶ ἐν θανάτῳ καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν δαιμονίοις.

 


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List of Word Forms
διχοτόμημα διχοτομήματα διχοτομημάτων διχοτομησει διχοτομήσει διχοτομήσεις δίψα δίψαν δίψη δίψης dichotomesei dichotomēsei dichotomḗsei
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