Dichotomeo means “bisect” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1371 — gibbeach (“forehead bald”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1371 διχοτομέω (dichotomeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. dichotomeo (dee-khot-om-eh'-o) v. 1. to bisect 2. (by extension) to flog severely It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include cut. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
dichotomeo (dee-khot-om-eh'-o) v. 1. to bisect 2. (by extension) to flog severely [from a compound of a derivative of G1364 and a derivative of temno "to cut"] KJV: cut asunder (in sunder) Root(s): G1364
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1371. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to cut in two
Usage: διχοτομέω, -ῶ (διχοτόμος, δίχα, τέμνω), [in LXX: Exo.29:17 (נָתַח pi.) ;] to cut in two, cut asunder: perh. metaphorically of severe scourging (but see Meyer on Mt, l.with, and cf. 1Ki.15:33, 2Ki.12:31, Heb.11:37), Mat.24:51, Luk.12:46.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dichotomeo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1371 (διχοτομέω) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And thou shalt divide the ram by his several limbs, and thou shalt wash the inward parts and the feet with water, and thou shalt put them on the divided parts with the head.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1371.
And thou shalt divide the ram by his several limbs, and thou shalt wash the inward parts and the feet with water, and thou shalt put them on the divided parts with the head.
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1371, grouped by book.
Dichotomeo (Strong's G1371) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bisect". dichotomeo (dee-khot-om-eh'-o) v. 1. to bisect 2. (by extension) to flog severely
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G1371 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1371 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cut. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1371, with linked reader references where each row is available.