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Koine Greek wordlink #110799

SR GNT Rom 12:3 ἐμέρισεν (emerisen) ‘to each as god allotted a measure of faith’ Strongs=33070 Lemma=merizō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (3) of identical word form ἐμέρισεν (V-IAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐμέρισεν’ (V-IAA3··S) has 2 different glosses: ‘he divided’, ‘allotted’.

Mark 6:41 ‘the two fishes he divided to all’ SR GNT Mark 6:41 word 36

OET-LV: 41 And having _taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having _looked _up to the sky, he _blessed and broke _up the loaves, and was _giving to _the apprentices/followers of _him in _order _that they _may _be _setting _before to _them, and he _divided the two fishes to _all. (MRK_6:41)

OET-RV: 41 Then holding the five buns and two fish, he looking up to the sky and blessed God, and then broke up the buns and gave pieces to his apprentices so they could do likewise to the people, and he also divided up the two fish, (MRK 6:41)

2 Cor 10:13 ‘of the domain of which allotted to us god of a measure’ SR GNT 2 Cor 10:13 word 16

OET-LV: 13 But we not into the immeasurable will _be _boasting, but according _to the measure of _the domain, of _which allotted to _us the god of_a_measure, to _reach until also of _you _all. (CO2_10:13)

OET-RV: 13 But we won’t boast about immeasurable things—only those domains where God allotted a measure to us which was to reach all of you. (CO2 10:13)

Heb 7:2 ‘a tenth of all things allotted Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) first on_one_hand’ SR GNT Heb 7:2 word 9

OET-LV: 2 to _whom also a_tenth of all things allotted Abraʼam, first on _one _hand being _translated king of _righteousness, on _the _other _hand then also king of _Salaʸm, which is: king of _peace, (HEB_7:2)

OET-RV: 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of all the captured goods. The name Malki-Tsedek means ‘king of righteousness’ and then king of Salem also means ‘king of peace’. (HEB 7:2)

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 (1) other than ἐμέρισεν (V-IAA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘allotted’

1 COR 7:17 μεμέρικεν (memeriken) V-IEA3··S ‘except to each as has allotted the master each’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:17 word 6

OET-LV: 17 Except not/lest to _each as has _allotted the master, each as has _called the god, thus him _let _be _walking. And thus in the assemblies all I _am _directing. (CO1_7:17)

OET-RV: 17 Nevertheless, each person should live according to how the master has assigned them and how God has called them. That’s what I teach in all the assemblies. (CO1 7:17)

Key: V=verb