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divide

Meaning of “divide”

1. To apportion, distribute, share, or allot. 2. To separate or distinguish into parts, sides, groups, or portions.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:6

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Genesis 1:6
¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:6 · retained source text

¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Expansion.

1611 marginal notePsal. 136.5. ier. 10.12 and 51.15.

Genesis 1:14
¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:14 · retained source text

¶ And God said, Let there bee lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.

1611 marginal noteHebr. betweene the day and betweene the night.

1611 marginal noteDeu. 4.19 psal. 136.7.

Genesis 1:18
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:18 · retained source text

And to rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.

1611 marginal noteIer. 31.35

Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:7 · retained source text

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruell: I will diuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Genesis 49:27
¶ Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:27 · retained source text

¶ Beniamin shall rauine as a wolfe: In the morning hee shall deuoure the pray, and at night he shall diuide the spoile.

Exodus 14:16
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 14:16 · retained source text

But lift thou vp thy rodde, and stretch out thine hand ouer the Sea, and diuide it: and the children of Israel shall goe on dry ground thorow the mids of the Sea.

Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 15:9 · retained source text

The enemie said, I will pursue, I wil ouertake, I wil diuide the spoile: my lust shall be satisfied vpon them: I will draw my sword, mine hand shall destroy them.

1611 marginal noteOr, repossesse.

Exodus 21:35
¶ And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 21:35 · retained source text

¶ And if one mans oxe hurt anothers, that he die, then they shall sell the liue oxe, and diuide the money of it, and the dead oxe also they shall diuide.

Exodus 26:33
¶ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 26:33 · retained source text

¶ And thou shalt hang vp the Uaile vnder the taches, that thou maist bring in thither within the Uaile, the Arke of the Testimony: and the Uaile shall diuide vnto you, betweene the holy place and the most holy.

Leviticus 1:17
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 1:17 · retained source text

And hee shall cleane it with the wings thereof, but shall not diuide it asunder: And the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar, vpon the wood that is vpon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire of a sweet sauour vnto the LORD.

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