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δῐχο-τομέω

dichotomeo

cut in twain: bisect

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Where it lives

Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant

δῐχο-τομέω · dicho-tomeō — LSJ

cut in twain: bisect

cut in twain: bisect a line, Plb. 6.28.2:—Pass., Arist. Pr. 913b31; σώματος -ηθέντος Plu. Pyrrh. 24: metaph. of the medial raphe of the perineum, Paul.Aeg. 6.62, etc.

2 punish with the last severity

punish with the last severity, Ev.Matt. 24.51.

3 divide into two

divide into two (logically), Pl. Plt. 302e, Arist. PA 642b22, 644b19.

intr., of the moon, dub. in Plu. Fac.lun. 2.929f.

In the wild

διχοτομήσει · dichotomēsei New Testament, Luke 12.45 (DIORISIS sentence 696)
διχοτομήσει · dichotomēsei New Testament, Matthew 24.48 (DIORISIS sentence 1045)
διχοτομεῖ · dichotomei Plato, Statesman 302
διχοτομήσεις · dichotomēseis Septuaginta, Exodus 29

Where it came from

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