Original Word: διαίρεσις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: diairesis
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ah'-ee-res-is)
Short Definition: division, distribution, difference, distinction
Definition: division, distribution, difference, distinction.

1243 diaíresis (from 1223 /diá, "through, reaching across," intensifying 138 /hairéomai, "making a personal choice") – properly, God's choice to give sovereign endowments of grace to His people so they can reach out ("across") to others, as His hand extended (cf. 1 Jn 4:17).

STRONGS NT 1243: διαίρεσις

διαίρεσις, διαιρέσεως, ἡ (διαιρέω, which see);

1. division, distribution, (Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, others).

2. distinction, difference, (Plato, Sophocles, p. 267 b. τινα διαίρεσιν ἀγνωσιας τέ καί γνώσεως θήσομεν; others); in particular, a distinction arising from a different distribution to different persons, (A. V. diversity): 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, cf. 1 Corinthians 12:11 διαιροῦν ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ καθώς βούλεται.

difference, diversity.

From diaireo; a distinction or (concretely) variety -- difference, diversity.

see GREEK diaireo

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