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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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Joshua 1:6
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 1:6 · retained source text

Bee strong, and of a good courage: for vnto this people shalt thou diuide for an inheritance the land which I sware vnto their fathers to giue them.

1611 marginal noteOr, thou shalt cause this people inherite the land, &c.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 31.23.

Joshua 13:6
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
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1611 witness · Joshua 13:6 · retained source text

All the inhabitants of the hill countrey, from Lebanon vnto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I driue out from before the children of Israel: onely diuide thou it by lot vnto the Israelites, for an inheritance, as I haue commanded thee.

Joshua 18:5
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
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1611 witness · Joshua 18:5 · retained source text

And they shall diuide it into seuen parts: Iudah shall abide in their coast on the South, and the house of Ioseph shall abide in their coasts on the North.

Joshua 22:8
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
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1611 witness · Joshua 22:8 · retained source text

And he spake vnto them, saying; Returne with much riches vnto your tents, and with very much cattell, with siluer and with gold, and with brasse, and with iron, and with very much raiment: Diuide the spoile of your enemies with your brethren.

2 Samuel 19:29
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:29 · retained source text

And the king said vnto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I haue said, Thou and Ziba diuide the land.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 3:25 · retained source text

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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1611 witness · 1 Kings 3:26 · retained source text

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.

Nehemiah 9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:11 · retained source text

And thou didst diuide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the drie land, and their persecutours thou threwest into the deepes, as a stone into the mightie waters.

1611 marginal noteExod. 14.22.

1611 marginal noteExod. 15.10.

Nehemiah 9:22
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:22 · retained source text

Moreouer, thou gauest them kingdomes and nations, and didst diuide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

1611 marginal noteNum. 21.21. &c.

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