Part
μέροςStrong’s G3313meros
Appears in 40 verses of the New Testament
In short
Meros is the Greek word usually translated “part”, “district” and “parts”. It appears in 40 verses of the New Testament.
“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:”
Meaning
Usually translated “part”, “district” and “parts”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- part 15
- district 4
- parts 4
- place 2
- portion 2
- a part 2
- side 1
- a portion 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 7
- 1 Corinthians 6
- Matthew 4
- Luke 4
- 2 Corinthians 4
- Revelation 4
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 15:21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
- Matthew 16:13When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
- Matthew 24:51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Mark 8:10And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
- Luke 11:36If thy whole body therefore be 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.
- Luke 12:46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
All 40 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
μέρος meros · part
μέρος, -ους, τό (μείρομαι), [in LXX chiefly for קָצֶה ;] 1. a part, share, portion: Jhn.13:8, Act.19:27 (Page, in l), Rev.20:6 22:19; hence (cl.), lot, destiny, Mat.24:51, Luk.12:46, Rev.21:8. 2. a part as opposite to the whole : Luk.11:36, Jhn.19:23, Act.5:2 23:6, Eph.4:16, Rev.16:19; with genitive (of the whole), Luk.15:12 24:42; τ. Φαρισαίων, Act.23:9; pl., Jhn.21:6; of the divisions of a province, Mat.2:22, Act.2:10 19:1 20:2; of the regions belonging to a city, Mat.15:21 16:13, Mrk.8:10; with genitive appos., Eph.4:9; in adverbial phrases, ἀνὰ (κατὰ) μέρος, 1Co.14:27, Heb.9:5; μέρος τι, …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “part” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
P'ART, noun
[Latin pars, partis.]
- A portion, piece or fragment separated from a whole thing; as, to divide an orange into five parts.
- A portion or quantity of a thing not separated in fact, but considered or mentioned by itself.“The people stood at the nether part of the mount” Exodus 19:17
- A portion of number, separated or considered by itself; as a part of the nation or congregation.
- A portion or component particle; as the component parts of a fossil or metal.
All definitions and other forms of “part”
- A portion of man; as the material part or body, or the intellectual part the soul or understanding; the perishable part; the immortal part
- A member.
- Particular division; distinct species or sort belonging to a whole; as all the parts of domestic business or of a manufacture.
- Ingredient in a mingled mass; a portion in a compound.
- That which falls to each in division; share; as, let me bear my part of the danger.
- Proportional quantity; as four parts of lime with three of sand.
- Share; concern; interest.“Sheba said, we have no part in David” 2 Samuel 20:1
- Side; party; interest; faction.
- Something relating or belonging to; that which concerns; as for your part; for his part; for her part
- Share of labor, action or influence; particular office or business.
- Character appropriated in a play.
- Action; conduct.
- In mathematics, such a portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity.“When he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece” Acts 20:2
P'ART, verb transitive
[Latin partio.]
- To divide, separate or break; to sever into two or more pieces.
- To divide into shares; to distribute. Acts 2:45
- To separate or disunite, as things which are near each other. Ruth 1:17
- To keep asunder; to separate.
- To separate, as combatants.
- To secern; to secrete.
- In seamen's language, to break; as, the ship parted her cables.
- To separate metals.
P'ART, verb intransitive
To be separated, removed or detached.
- To quit each other.
- To take or bid farewell.
- To have a share.“They shall part alike” 1 Samuel 30:24
- To go away; to depart.
- To break; to be torn asunder.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.