Strong’s G1338 · Greek
διϊκνέομαι
diïknéomai · dee-ik-neh'-om-ahee
Origin from διά (G1223) and the base of ἱκανός (G2425);
Meaning to reach through, i.e. penetrate
In the King James Version pierce.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.