Merismos means “dividing asunder” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3311 — yaphleti (“Japhleti”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3311 μερισμός (merismos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. merismos (mer-is-mos') n. 1. a separation or distribution [from G3307] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include gifts and dividing. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
merismos (mer-is-mos') n. 1. a separation or distribution [from G3307] KJV: dividing asunder, gift Root(s): G3307
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3311. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
division
Usage: μερισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (μερίζω), [in LXX for מַחְלְקָה, מַחֲלֹקֶת, Jos.11:23, Est.6:18 * ;] __1. a dividing, division: ψυχῆς κ. πνεύματος (i.e. between them or of the things themselves, see Westc., in l), Heb.4:12. __2. a distribution, bestowal (cf. μερίζω, 2); pl., Heb.2:4.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render merismos, 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 G3311 (μερισμός) appears 2 times 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.
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased from war.
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3311.
And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased from war.
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3311, grouped by book.
Merismos (Strong's G3311) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dividing asunder". merismos (mer-is-mos') n. 1. a separation or distribution [from G3307]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G3311 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3311 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as gifts and dividing. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3311, with linked reader references where each row is available.