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“hath dealt”; 1 Cor. 1:13; Heb. 7:2,
RV
(
KJV
, “gave a part”). Elsewhere with other
meanings, 1 Cor. 7:17, 34; 2 Cor. 10:13. See
DEAL
,
DIFFER
, A, No. 2,
DISTRIBUTE
, A, No.
2,
GIVE
.¶
7.
(
$&
, 1266),
, “through,” and No. 6, “to divide through,” i.e.,
“completely, to divide up,” is translated “to divide” in Luke 11:17-18; 12:52-53; 22:17;
“parted” in Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24; Acts 2:45; in Acts 2:3,
KJV
, “cloven,”
RV
, “parting asunder.” See
CLOVEN
.¶
8.
(
A$
!
, 3718), lit., “to cut straight” (
, “straight,”
, “to
cut”), is found in 2 Tim. 2:15,
KJV
, “rightly dividing,”
RV
, “handling aright” (the word of
truth); the meaning passed from the idea of cutting or “dividing,” to the more general
sense of “rightly dealing with a thing.” What is intended here is not “dividing” Scripture
from Scripture, but teaching Scripture accurately.¶ In the Sept., of directing one’s paths,
Prov. 3:6 and 11:5 (“righteousness traces out blameless paths”).¶
Note:
In Acts 13:19, the
KJV
, “He divided their land … by lot,” represents the verb
, from
, suggesting “distribution,”
, “a lot,”
, “to give.”
The most authentic mss. have
, “to distribute,” as an inheritance, from
, “an inheritance”; hence
RV
, “He gave them their land for an inheritance.”¶
For
, Acts 14:4; 23:7, see
BREAK
, No. 12.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
$ )
, 3312), “a divider,” is found in Luke 12:14.¶
2.
(
$
, 3311), akin to No. 1, primarily denotes “a division, partition”
(
, “a part”); hence, (a) “a distribution,” Heb. 2:4, “gifts” (marg. of
RV
,
“distributions”); (b) “a dividing or separation,” Heb. 4:12, “dividing” (
KJV
, “dividing
asunder”). Some take this in the active sense, “as far as the cleaving asunder or separation
of soul and spirit”; others in the passive sense, “as far as the division (i.e., the dividing
line) between soul and spirit,” i.e., where one differs from the other. The former seems
more in keeping with the meaning of the word. See
GIFT
.¶
DIVINATION
$
(
N"
, 4436), (Eng., “python”), in Greek mythology was the name of the
Pythian serpent or dragon, dwelling in Pytho, at the foot of mount Parnassus, guarding
the oracle of Delphi, and slain by Apollo. Thence the name was transferred to Apollo
himself Later the word was applied to diviners or soothsayers, regarded as inspired by
Apollo. Since demons are the agents inspiring idolatry, 1 Cor. 10:20, the young woman in
Acts 16:16 was possessed by a demon instigating the cult of Apollo, and thus had “a
spirit of divination.Ӧ
DIVINE
A. Adjective.
(
, 2304), “divine” (from
, “God”), is used of the power of God, 2
Pet. 1:3, and of His nature, v. 4, in each place, as that which proceeds from Himself. In
Acts 17:29 it is used as a noun with the definite article, to denote “the Godhead,” the
Deity (i.e., the one true God). This word, instead of
, was purposely used by the