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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1371. διχοτομέω (dichotomeó) -- To cut in two, to divide</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1371.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/17-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1371.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1371</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1370.htm" title="1370">◄</a> 1371. dichotomeó <a href="../greek/1372.htm" title="1372">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">dichotomeó: To cut in two, to divide</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">διχοτομέω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>dichotomeó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>dee-khot-om-eh'-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(dee-khot-om-eh'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To cut in two, to divide<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I cut in two, perhaps: scourge severely.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek words δίχα (dicha, meaning "in two") and τέμνω (temnō, meaning "to cut")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "dichotomeó," the concept of division or separation in judgment can be related to Hebrew terms such as "פָּרַד" (parad, Strong's H6504), meaning "to separate" or "to divide."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "dichotomeó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of cutting or dividing something into two parts. It is often used metaphorically to describe severe judgment or punishment, particularly in the context of eschatological teachings where it signifies a decisive and final separation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the concept of cutting or dividing was often associated with judgment or the execution of justice. The imagery of dividing or cutting in two would have been a powerful metaphor for the audience of the New Testament, conveying the seriousness and finality of divine judgment. In the context of the New Testament, this term underscores the gravity of being found unfaithful or unprepared at the time of judgment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/greek/1369.htm">dichazó</a> and temnó (to cut)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to cut in two, cut asunder<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>cut...in pieces (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1371: διχοτομέω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">διχοτομέω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">διχοτόμω</span>: future <span class="greek2">διχοτομήσω</span>; (<span class="greek2">διχότομος</span> cutting in two); <span class="accented">to cut into two parts</span> (<a href="/interlinear/exodus/29-17.htm">Exodus 29:17</a>): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-51.htm">Matthew 24:51</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-46.htm">Luke 12:46</a> — in these passages many suppose reference to be made to that most cruel mode of punishment, in use among the Hebrews (<a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/15-33.htm">1 Samuel 15:33</a>) and other ancient nations (see <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s RWB under the word Lebensstrafen; (<span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word <REFERENCE_WORK:Smith's Bible Dictionary><TOPIC:Punishments>, III. b. 3; especially <span class="abbreviation">Wetstein</span> on Matthew, the passage cited)), by which criminals and captives were cut in two. But in the text the words which follow, and which imply that the one thus 'cut asunder' is still surviving, oppose this interpretation; so that here the word is more fitly translated <span class="accented">cut up by scourging, scourge severely,</span> (but see Meyer on Matthew, the passage cited). (Occasionally in Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span> down.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>cut, flog.<p>From a compound of a derivative of <a href="/greek/1364.htm">dis</a> and a derivative of temno (to cut); to bisect, i.e. (by extension) to flog severely -- cut asunder (in sunder). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1364.htm">dis</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>διχοτόμημα διχοτομήματα διχοτομημάτων διχοτομησει διχοτομήσει διχοτομήσεις δίψα δίψαν δίψη δίψης dichotomesei dichotomēsei dichotomḗsei<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/24-51.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 24:51</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-FIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ <b>διχοτομήσει</b> αὐτὸν καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">and will cut him in pieces</span> and assign<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall cut him <span class="itali">asunder,</span> and appoint<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-51.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and <span class="itali">will cut in pieces</span> him and<p><b><a href="/text/luke/12-46.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 12:46</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-FIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γινώσκει καὶ <b>διχοτομήσει</b> αὐτὸν καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> he does not know, <span class="itali">and will cut him in pieces,</span> and assign<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> him <span class="itali">in sunder,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12-46.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he knows and <span class="itali">will cut in two</span> him and<p><b><a href="/greek/1371.htm">Strong's Greek 1371</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1371.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/dichotome_sei_1371.htm">διχοτομήσει — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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