Méros — G3313

Definition

neuter noun

a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application)

1. a part due or assigned to one (German Antheil)
2. one of the constituent parts of a whole
1. universally
2. any particular, German Stück (where the writer means to intimate that there are other matters, to be separated from that which be has specified)

Usually translated as

part, portion, behalf, respect, course, craft, particular, particularly, partly, piece, side, some sort, somewhat, coast

Origin

from an obsolete but more primary form of meíromai (to get as a section or allotment)

Occurrences

Méros occurs 43 times in 41 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (4), Mark (1), Luke (4), John (3), Acts (7), Romans (3), 1 Corinthians (6), 2 Corinthians (4), Ephesians (2), Colossians (1), Hebrews (1), 1 Peter (1), Revelation (4)

• Matthew 2:22 — 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 (μέρη) of Galilee:
• Matthew 15:21 — Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts (μέρη) of Tyre and Sidon.
• Matthew 16:13 — When Jesus came into the coasts (μέρη) of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
• Matthew 24:51 — And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion (μέρος) with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Mark 8:10 — And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts (μέρη) of Dalmanutha.
• Luke 11:36 — If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part (μέρος) dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
• Luke 12:46 — The 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 (μέρος) with the unbelievers.
• Luke 15:12 — And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion (μέρος) of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
• Luke 24:42 — And they gave him a piece (μέρος) of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
• John 13:8 — Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part (μέρος) with me.
• John 19:23 — Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts (μέρη), to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
• John 19:23 — Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part (μέρος); and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
• John 21:6 — And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side (μέρη) of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
• Acts 2:10 — Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts (μέρη) of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
• Acts 5:2 — And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part (μέρος), and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
• Acts 19:1 — And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts (μέρη) came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
• Acts 19:27 — So that not only this our craft (μέρος) is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
• Acts 20:2 — And when he had gone over those parts (μέρη), and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
• Acts 23:6 — But when Paul perceived that the one part (μέρος) were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
• Acts 23:9 — And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part (μέρους) arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
• Romans 11:25 — For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part (μέρους) is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
• Romans 15:15 — Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort (μέρους), as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,
• Romans 15:24 — Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat (μέρους) filled with your company.
• 1 Corinthians 11:18 — For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly (μέρος) believe it.
• 1 Corinthians 12:27 — Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular (μέρους).
• 1 Corinthians 13:9 — For we know in part (μέρους), and we prophesy in part.
• 1 Corinthians 13:9 — For we know in part, and we prophesy in part (μέρους).
• 1 Corinthians 13:10 — But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part (μέρους) shall be done away.
• 1 Corinthians 13:12 — For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part (μέρους); but then shall I know even as also I am known.
• 1 Corinthians 14:27 — If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course (μέρος); and let one interpret.
• 2 Corinthians 1:14 — As also ye have acknowledged us in part (μέρους), that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• 2 Corinthians 2:5 — But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part (μέρους): that I may not overcharge you all.
• 2 Corinthians 3:10 — For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect (μέρει), by reason of the glory that excelleth.
• 2 Corinthians 9:3 — Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf (μέρει); that, as I said, ye may be ready:
• Ephesians 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts (μέρη) of the earth?
• Ephesians 4:16 — From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part (μέρους), maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
• Colossians 2:16 — Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect (μέρει) of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
• Hebrews 9:5 — And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly (μέρος).
• 1 Peter 4:16 — Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf (μέρει).
• Revelation 16:19 — And the great city was divided into three parts (μέρη), and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
• Revelation 20:6 — Blessed and holy is he that hath part (μέρος) in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
• Revelation 21:8 — But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part (μέρος) in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Revelation 22:19 — And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part (μέρος) out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.