Definition

to bisect, i.e. (by extension) to flog severely

Etymology

from a compound of a derivative of G1364 (δίς) and a derivative of (to cut);

Word family

• δίς dís

How the KJV renders it

• cut asunder (in sunder)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.