μερίζω
(< μέρος), [in LXX chiefly for חלק;]
to divide;
(a) to divide into parts: metaph., pass., I Co 7:34 (WH, R, mg.), 34 (Rec., R, txt.) (on reading and punctuation, v. ICC, in l.); μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστός, I Co 1:13; as in late authors, of factional division (cf. Polyb., viii, 23, 9), καθ’ ἑαυτοῦ, Mt 12:25; ἐφ’ εαυτόν, Mt 12:26, Mk 3:24-26;
(b) to distribute: c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Mk 6:41; as in later usage (cf. Polyb., xi, 28, 9), to bestow: Ro 12:3, I Co 7:17, II Co 10:13, He 7:2; mid., c. acc. rei seq. μετά, Lk 12:13 (cf. δια-, συμ-μερίζω).†