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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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49 occurrences46 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:6

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1 Kings 3:25
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
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And the king said, Diuide the liuing childe in two, and giue halfe to the one, and halfe to the other.

1 Kings 3:26
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
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Then spake the woman whose the liuing childe was, vnto the king, (for her bowels yerned vpon her sonne) and she said, O my lord, giue her the liuing childe, and in no wise slay it: But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but diuide it.

1611 marginal noteHebr. were hot.

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