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Koine Greek wordlink #50951

SR GNT Luke 12:13 μερίσασθαι (merisasthai) ‘to the brother of me to divide with me the’ Strongs=33070 Lemma=merizō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=middle
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Only use of identical word form μερίσασθαι (V-NAM....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μερίσασθαι’ (V-NAM....) is always and only glossed as ‘to divide’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘merizō’ have 9 different glosses: ‘has allotted’, ‘has_been divided’, ‘having_been divided’, ‘may_be divided’, ‘to divide’, ‘was divided’, ‘he was divided’, ‘he divided’, ‘allotted’.

Greek words (2) other than μερίσασθαι (V-NAM....) with a gloss related to ‘divide’

MAT 10:35 διχάσαι (diⱪasai) V-NAA.... Lemma=diχazō ‘I came for to divide a man against the’ SR GNT Mat 10:35 word 3

LUKE 22:17 διαμερίσατε (diamerisate) V-MAA2..P Lemma=diamerizō ‘take this and divide it among themselves’ SR GNT Luke 22:17 word 10

Key: V=verb MAA2..P=imperative,aorist,active,2nd person plural NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active NAM....=infinitive,aorist,middle