Confusions about Divisors of F on Elliptic Curves

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In a rational function the divisors is defined as

$$div(f) = \sum e_i[a_i] - f_i[b_i]$$ for function $$f = \frac{(x-a_i)^e}{(x-b_i)^f}$$

Hence it is the zeros of the numerator and the denominator.

For divisors on f defined on elliptic curve E with point P

$$div_{P\in E}(f) = \sum n_p[P]$$ Where n_p is the order of point P. Here is point P

  1. the intersection of f and E or
  2. zeros of f that also lie on E?

I've worked through multiple textbooks/lecture notes and can't seem to figure this out.