King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3310
Transliteration: meris
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-ece')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a part, portion
Meaning: a part, portion
μερίς, μερίδος, ἡ (see μέρος), the Sept. chiefly for חֵלֶק, חֶלְקָה, מָנָה; (from Antiphon and Thucydides down); a part, equivalent to
Word Summary
meris: a part, portion
Original Word: μερίςTransliteration: meris
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-ece')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a part, portion
Meaning: a part, portion
Strong's Concordance
part, portionFeminine of meros; a portion, i.e. Province, share or (abstractly) participation -- part (X -akers).
see GREEK meros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3310: μερίςμερίς, μερίδος, ἡ (see μέρος), the Sept. chiefly for חֵלֶק, חֶלְקָה, מָנָה; (from Antiphon and Thucydides down); a part, equivalent to
1. a part as distinct from the whole: (τῆς) Μακεδονίας, Acts 16:12 (on which see Hort in WH's Appendix at the passage).
2. an assigned part, a portion, share: Luke 10:42 (see ἀγαθός, 2); ἐστι μοι μερίς μετά τίνος, I have a portion, i. e. fellowship, with one, 2 Corinthians 6:15. οὐκ ἐστι μοι μερίς ἤ κλῆρος ἐν τίνι, I have neither part nor lot, take no share, in a thing, Acts 8:21; ἱκανουν τινα εἰς τήν μερίδα τίνος, to make one fit to obtain a share in a thing (i. e. partitive genitive; others, genitive of apposition), Colossians 1:12.