μέρος
meros
part
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word μέρος (meros), denoted by the Strong's number G3313, is a noun that translates to "part." It occurs 42 times in the Bible, signifying its relevance to various themes and contexts. As a term that describes a portion or segment of something, μέρος encompasses physical, temporal, and qualitative aspects. The word μέρος is frequently used within narratives and descriptions, where it highlights the division, component, or share of a whole. It appears to be employed in both literal and figurative senses, often depending on the context in which it is presented. By examining these occurrences, we can identify patterns in the use of μέρος to describe distinct segments of time (e.g., day and night), spatial divisions (such as a part of a room or a portion of land), or even the sharing of something (e.g., inheritance or responsibility). The significance of μέρος lies in its multifaceted nature, allowing it to be applied to various subjects and aspects of life. This word serves as a tool for conveying and analyzing distinct divisions and shares within a broader context, often highlighting relationships between different components and fostering a deeper understanding of complex interactions within the world and human experiences.
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Occurrences in Scripture
42 total occurrences across the text
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
Matthew 15:21Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Matthew 16:13Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
Matthew 24:51and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
Mark 8:10Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
Luke 11:36If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
Luke 12:46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
Luke 15:12The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.
Luke 24:42They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb.
John 13:8Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
John 19:23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
John 19:23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
John 21:6He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” They cast it therefore, and now they weren’t able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.
Acts 2:10Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
Acts 5:2and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, then brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts 19:1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
Acts 19:27Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
Acts 20:2When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
Acts 23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
Acts 23:9A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”
1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
Romans 11:25For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
Romans 15:15But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
Romans 15:24whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
1 Corinthians 11:18For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
1 Corinthians 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
1 Corinthians 13:9For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
1 Corinthians 13:9For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
1 Corinthians 13:10but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.
Ephesians 4:16from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
1 Corinthians 14:27If any man speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
2 Corinthians 1:14as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 2:5But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
2 Corinthians 3:10For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
2 Corinthians 9:3But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
Ephesians 4:9Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Colossians 2:16Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
Hebrews 9:5and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.
Revelation 16:19The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
Revelation 21:8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Revelation 22:19If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.