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ΚΑΤΕΜΕΡΙΣΑΝΤΟ, κατεμερισαντο

KATEMERISANTO, katemerisanto

Sounds Like: kah-teh-meh-REE-sahn-toh

Translations: they divided, they distributed, they apportioned

From the root: ΜΕΡΙΖΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is a verb in the Aorist Middle Indicative, third person plural. It means 'they divided for themselves' or 'they distributed among themselves'. It implies an action completed in the past, where the subjects performed the division or distribution for their own benefit or among themselves. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb μερίζω (merizo), meaning 'to divide' or 'to distribute'.

Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Indicative Mood, Third Person, Plural

Strong’s number: G2770 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
  • 3 Maccabees — 6:31

From the same root

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