Strong's #6385: palag (pronounced paw-lag')

a primitive root; to split (literally or figuratively):--divide.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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pâlag

1) to divide, split

1a) (Niphal) to be split, be divided

1b) (Piel)

1b1) to split, cleave

1b2) to divide

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Genesis 10:25: "for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan."
1 Chronicles 1:19: "because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan."
Job 38:25: "Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;"
Psalms 55:9: "Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife"