Strong's Lexicon
G3313 — μέρος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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
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