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G3313

G3313 — μέρος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekmerosnounOccurrences: 42

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3313
Word:μέρος
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from an obsolete but more primary form of meiromai "to get as a section or allotment"
Language:Greek
Occurrences:42
Transliteration:meros
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mer'-os
Meaning:1. a division or share {literally or figuratively, in a wide application}
KJV Renderings:behalf, course, coast, craft, particular (+ -ly), part (+ -ly), piece, portion, respect, side, some sort(-what)

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀναμερος, i. e. ἀνά μέρος, see ἀνά, 1.)

STRONGS NT 3313: μέροςμέρος, μέρους, τό (μείρομαι to share, receive one’s due portion) (from Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus down), a part; i. e.:

1. a part due or assigned to one (German Antheil): ἀφαιρεῖν, τό μέρος τίνος (genitive of person) ἀπό or ἐκ τίνος (genitive of the thing), Rev 22:19; ἔχειν μέρος ἐν with the dative of the thing, Rev 20:6; μέρος ἔχειν μετά τίνος (participation in the same thing, i. e.) to have part (fellowship) with one, Joh 13:8; hence, as sometimes in classical Greek (Euripides, Alc. 477 (474)), lot, destiny, assigned to one, Rev 21:8; τιθέναι τό μέρος τίνος τινων, to appoint one his lot with certain persons, Mat 24:51; Luk 12:46.

2. one of the constituent parts of a whole;

a. universally: in a context where the whole and its parts are distinguished, Luk 11:36; Joh 19:23; Rev 16:19; with a genitive of the whole, Luk 15:12; Luk 24:42; where it is evident from the context of what whole it is a part, Act 5:2; Eph 4:16; τό ἕν μέρος namely, τοῦ συνεδρίου, Act 23:6; τοῦ μέρους τῶν Φαρισαίων, of that part of the Sanhedrin which consisted of Pharisees, Act 23:9 (not Lachmann); τά μέρη, with the genitive of a province or country, the divisions or regions which make up the land or province, Mat 2:22; Act 2:10; with the genitive of a city, the region belonging to a city, country around it, Mat 15:21; Mat 16:13; Mar 8:10; τά ἀνωτερικά μέρη, the upper districts (in tacit contrast with τά κατώτερα, and with them forming one whole), Act 19:1; τά μέρη ἐκεῖνα, those regions (which are parts of the country just mentioned, i. e. Macedonia), Act 20:2; τά κατώτερα μέρη with the genitive of apposition, τῆς γῆς, Eph 4:9 (on which see κατώτερος); εἰς τά δεξιά μέρη τοῦ πλοίου, i. e. into the parts (i. e. spots namely, of the lake) on the right side of the ship, Joh 21:6. Adverbial phrases: ἀνά μέρος (see ἀνά, 1), 1Co 14:27; κατά μέρος, severally, part by part, in detail, Heb 9:5 (see κατά, II. 3 a. γ.); μέρος τί (accusative, absolutely) in part, partly, 1Co 11:18 (Thucydides 2, 64; 4, 30; Isocrates, p. 426 d.); ἀπό μέρους, in part, i. e. somewhat, 2Co 1:14; in a measure, to some degree, 2Co 2:5; (Rom 15:24); as respects a part, Rom 11:25: here and there, Rom 15:15; ἐκ μέρους as respects individual persons and things, severally, individually, 1Co 12:27; in part, partially, i. e. imperfectly, 1Co 13:9; 1Co 13:12; τό ἐκ μέρους (opposed to τό τέλειον) (A. V. that which is in part) imperfect (Luth. well,das Stückwerk), 1Co 13:10. (Green (Critical Note on 2Co 1:14) says "ἀπό μέρους differs in Paul’s usage from ἐκ μέρους in that the latter is a contrasted term in express opposition to the idea of a complete whole, the other being used simply without such aim"; cf. Bernhardy (1829) Syntax, p. 230; Meyer on 1Co 12:27.)

b. any particular, German Stück (where the writer means to intimate that there are other matters, to be separated from that which be has specified): ἐν τῷ μέρει τούτῳ, in this particular i. e. in regard to this, in this respect, 1Pe 4:16 R; 2Co 3:10; 2Co 9:3; with a genitive of the thing, Col 2:16 (where see Lightfoot); τοῦτο τό μέρος, namely, τῆς ἐργασίας ἡμῶν (branch of business), Act 19:27, cf. Act 19:25.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

μέρος (behalf)

Matthew 2:22

KJV: But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod he was afraid to go thither notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream he turned aside into the parts of Galilee
GK: ακούσας δε ότι Αρχέλαος βασιλεύει επί της Ιουδαίας αντί Ηρώδου του πατρός αυτου εφοβήθη εκεί απελθείν χρηματισθείς δε κατ΄ όναρ ανεχώρησεν εις τα μέρη της Γαλιλαίας

Matthew 15:21

KJV: Then Jesus went thence and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon
GK: και εξελθών εκείθεν ο Ιησούς ανεχώρησεν εις τα μέρη Τύρου και Σιδώνος

Matthew 16:13

KJV: When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying Whom do men say that I the Son of man am
GK: ελθών δε ο Ιησούς εις τα μέρη Καισαρείας της Φιλίππου ηρώτα τους μαθητάς αυτού λέγων τίνα με λέγουσιν οι άνθρωποι είναι τον υιόν του ανθρώπου

Matthew 24:51

KJV: And shall cut him asunder and appoint his portion with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth
GK: και διχοτομήσει αυτόν και το μέρος αυτού μετά των υποκριτών θήσει εκεί έσται ο κλαυθμός και ο βρυγμός των οδόντων

Mark 8:10

KJV: And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanutha
GK: και ευθέως εμβάς εις το πλοίον μετά των μαθητών αυτού ήλθεν εις τα μέρη Δαλμανουθά

Luke 11:36

KJV: If thy whole body therefore full of light having no part dark the whole shall be full of light as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light
GK: ει ούν το σώμά σου όλον φωτεινόν μη έχον τι μέρος σκοτεινόν έσται φωτεινόν όλον ως όταν ο λύχνος τη αστραπή φωτίζη σε

Luke 12:46

KJV: The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for and at an hour when he is not aware and will cut him in sunder and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers
GK: ήξει ο κύριος του δούλου εκείνου εν ημέρα η ου προσδοκά και εν ώρα η ου γινώσκει και διχοτομήσει αυτόν και το μέρος αυτού μετά των απίστων θήσει

Luke 15:12

KJV: And the younger of them said to father Father give me the portion of goods that falleth And he divided unto them living
GK: και είπεν ο νεώτερος αυτών τω πατρί πάτερ δος μοι το επιβάλλον μέρος της ουσίας και διείλεν αυτοίς τον βίον

Luke 24:42

KJV: And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and of an honeycomb
GK: οι δε επέδωκαν αυτώ ιχθύος οπτού μέρος και από μελισσίου κηρίου
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