ΜΕΡΙΣΜΟΣ, μερισμος
MERISMOS, merismos
Sounds Like: meh-rees-MOS
Translations: division, distribution, partition, a division, a distribution, a partition
From the root: ΜΕΡΙΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act or result of dividing or distributing something. It can denote a separation into parts, a distribution of shares, or a disagreement that causes a split. It is often used in contexts of allocating portions or describing a state of disunity.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G3311 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 8:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 14:366
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΡΙΣΜΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΡΙΣΜΟΙΣ — divisions, distributions, apportionments, allotments
- ΜΕΡΙΣΜΟΝ — division, a division, distribution, a distribution, partition, a partition, separation, a separation
- ΜΕΡΙΣΜΟΥ — of division, of distribution, of partition, of a division, of a distribution, of a partition
- ΜΕΡΙΣΜΟΥΣ — divisions, distributions, apportionments
- ΜΕΡΙΣΜΩ — (to) division, (to) distribution, (to) apportionment
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.