διχοτομέω
dichotoméō
“to bisect, i.e. (by extension) to flog severely”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to bisect, i.e. (by extension) to flog severely
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. to cut into two parts, cut asunder; in NT to inflict a punishment of extreme severity, Mt. 24:51; Lk. 12:46*
Translated in KJV as
cut asunder (in sunder)
Etymology
from a compound of a derivative of G1364 (δίς) and a derivative of (to cut);
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