UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to distribute, to give to each in turn, distribution

Semantic entry: 57.89

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Give

Definition: to distribute objects to a series of persons

Sense 2: to be opposed to, to be against, division, opposition, hostility

Semantic entry: 39.14

Semantic domains: Hostility, Strife

Subdomains: Division

Definition: to be divided into opposing and hostile units

Sense 3: to divide, to disunite, division, separation

Semantic entry: 63.23

Semantic domains: Whole, Unite, Part, Divide

Subdomains: Divide

Definition: to divide into separate parts{N:001}

Notes: For another interpretation of διαμερίζω in RV ACT 2:3 · LV ACT 2:3 · Read together ACT 2:3 (as middle, not passive), see 15.140: διαμερίζω.

Sense 4: to spread out, to disperse

Semantic entry: 15.140

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Disperse, Scatter

Definition: to disperse, on the basis of having been divided up

Notes: There are, however, serious questions as to the precise meaning of διαμερίζομαι in RV ACT 2:3 · LV ACT 2:3 · Read together ACT 2:3; the meaning could be ‘tongues as of fire dispersing one to each person,’ but it is also possible that the individual tongues of fire were divided (see 63.23: διαμερίζω / 63.23: μερίζω).

Forms: διαμερίζομαι