{"def":{"short":"to bisect, i.e., (by extension) to flog severely","long":["to cut into two parts",["of the cruel method of punishment used by the Hebrews and others of cutting one in two"],"cut up by scourging, scourge severely"]},"deriv":"from a compound of a derivative of G1364 and a derivative of τέμνω (to cut)","pronun":{"ipa":"ði.xo.toˈmɛ.o","ipa_mod":"ði.xow.towˈme̞.ow","sbl":"dichotomeō","dic":"thee-hoh-toh-MEH-oh","dic_mod":"thee-hoh-toh-MAY-oh"},"see":["G1364"]}