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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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διχοτομέω

Strong’s: G1371

Associated OET lemmas: διχοτομέω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Constructions: διχοτομέω; δύο; τομός

Sense 1: to cut in two

Semantic entry: 19.19

Semantic domains: Physical Impact

Subdomains: Pierce, Cut

Definition: to cut an object into two parts

Notes: It is also possible to interpret διχοτομέω in RV LUK 12:46 · LV LUK 12:46 · Read together LUK 12:46 as ‘severe punishment’ (see διχοτομέω [source selector 000001][b], 38.12: διχοτομέω).

MAT 24:51: RV MAT 24:51 · LV MAT 24:51 · Read together MAT 24:51

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OET-RV MAT 24:51

51 and will torture him and send him off with the hypocrites to where there’ll be crying and a lot of anguish.

OET-LV MAT 24:51

51 and will_be_dismembering him, and he_will_be_appointing the portion of_him with the hypocrites, there will_be the weeping and the grating of_ the _teeth.

LUK 12:46: RV LUK 12:46 · LV LUK 12:46 · Read together LUK 12:46

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OET-RV LUK 12:46

46 then his master is sure to arrive when he’s not expecting him, and the master will give him a gruesome execution and he’ll be in hell with the unbelievers.

OET-LV LUK 12:46

46 the master of_ the that _slave will_be_coming in a_day which he_is_ not _expecting, and in an_hour which he_is_ not _knowing, and will_be_dismembering him, and will_be_appointing the portion of_him with the unbelievers.

Sense 2: to punish severely, to punish

Semantic entry: 38.12

Semantic domains: Punish, Reward

Subdomains: Punish

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of διχοτομέω[a] ‘to cut in two,’ 19.19: διχοτομέω) to punish with great severity

Notes: It is also possible to understand διχοτομέω in RV MAT 24:51 · LV MAT 24:51 · Read together MAT 24:51 and the parallel passage in RV LUK 12:46 · LV LUK 12:46 · Read together LUK 12:46 in a strictly literal sense, namely, ‘to cut in two’ or ‘to cut into pieces’ (see 19.19: διχοτομέω).

MAT 24:51: RV MAT 24:51 · LV MAT 24:51 · Read together MAT 24:51

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OET-RV MAT 24:51

51 and will torture him and send him off with the hypocrites to where there’ll be crying and a lot of anguish.

OET-LV MAT 24:51

51 and will_be_dismembering him, and he_will_be_appointing the portion of_him with the hypocrites, there will_be the weeping and the grating of_ the _teeth.

LUK 12:46: RV LUK 12:46 · LV LUK 12:46 · Read together LUK 12:46

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OET-RV LUK 12:46

46 then his master is sure to arrive when he’s not expecting him, and the master will give him a gruesome execution and he’ll be in hell with the unbelievers.

OET-LV LUK 12:46

46 the master of_ the that _slave will_be_coming in a_day which he_is_ not _expecting, and in an_hour which he_is_ not _knowing, and will_be_dismembering him, and will_be_appointing the portion of_him with the unbelievers.