STRONGS NUMBER G1243


Word Summary
diairesis: a division
Original Word: διαίρεσις
Transliteration: diairesis
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ah'-ee-res-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a division
Meaning: a division
Strong's Concordance
difference, diversity.

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

see GREEK diaireo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1243: διαίρεσις

διαίρεσις, διαιρέσεως, (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.