Lexicon :: Strong's G1244 - diaireō

“If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”

So he brought all these to him, cut them in half, and laid the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut the birds in half.

Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, herds, and camels.

“When a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live ox and divide its proceeds; they must also divide the dead animal.

“He will cut the animal into pieces with its head and its fat, and the priest will arrange them on top of the burning wood on the altar.

“He will tear it open by its wings without dividing the bird. Then the priest is to burn it on the altar on top of the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

“He is to bring them to the priest, who will first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the back of the neck without severing it.

“Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community.

From the Israelites’ half, which Moses separated from the men who fought,

“Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me.

he said, “Return to your homes with great wealth: a huge number of cattle, and silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a large quantity of clothing. Share the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.”

Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each of the men a ram’s horn in one hand and an empty pitcher with a torch inside it in the other hand.

He took the troops, divided them into three companies, and waited in ambush in the countryside. He looked, and the people were coming out of the city, so he arose against them and struck them down.

“Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change his mind, for he is not man who changes his mind.”

The king said to him, “Why keep on speaking about these matters of yours? I hereby declare: you and Ziba are to divide the land.”

And the king said, “Cut the living boy in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water, which parted to the right and left. Then the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom,[fn] Kohath, and Merari.

Together with Zadok from the descendants of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the descendants of Ithamar, David divided them according to the assigned duties of their service.

For what does he care about his family once he is dead,

when the number of his months has run out?

“The kings of the armies flee ​— ​they flee! ”

She who stays at home divides the spoil.

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble[fn]

than to divide plunder with the proud.

A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son

and share an inheritance among brothers.

You have enlarged the nation

and increased its joy.[fn]

The people have rejoiced before you

as they rejoice at harvest time

and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.

His breath is like an overflowing torrent

that rises to the neck.

He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction

and to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoples

to lead them astray.

“I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. They will no longer be two nations and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

“You saw the feet and toes, partly of a potter’s fired clay and partly of iron ​— ​it will be a divided kingdom, though some of the strength of iron will be in it. You saw the iron mixed with clay,

“‘Peres’[fn][fn] means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”[fn]

“But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and divided to the four winds of heaven, but not to his descendants; it will not be the same kingdom that he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and will go to others besides them.

“He will deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. He will greatly honor those who acknowledge him,[fn] making them rulers over many and distributing land as a reward.

He brings destruction[fn] on the strong,[fn]

and it falls on the fortress.