What does μερίς (merís) mean in the Bible?
μερίς (merís): An allotted share or portion, often implying one's rightful inheritance or destined lot in a division.
Greek · G3310
μερίς
Part
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μερίς G3310
Pronunciation merís
What does μερίς (merís) mean in the Bible?
μερίς (merís): An allotted share or portion, often implying one's rightful inheritance or destined lot in a division.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3310?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include district (1), have in common (1), part (1), portion (1), to share (1).
Where does μερίς (merís) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 10:42. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 2 Corinthians (1), Colossians (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It district 1× Acts 16:12
have in common 1× 2 Corinthians 6:15
part 1× Acts 8:21
portion 1× Luke 10:42
to share 1× Colossians 1:12
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 10:42 μερίδα to portion Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 8:21 μερὶς to part Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Acts 16:12 μερίδος to district Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2 Corinthians 6:15 μερὶς to have in common Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Colossians 1:12 μερίδα to to share Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 10:42
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Luke 1 Acts 2 2 Corinthians 1 Colossians 1
Source forms
μερίδα 2x merida Luke 10:42, Colossians 1:12
μερὶς 2x meris Acts 8:21, 2 Corinthians 6:15
μερίδος 1x meridos Acts 16:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Luke 10:42, Colossians 1:12
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Acts 8:21, 2 Corinthians 6:15
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 16:12
Evidence Summary
CovenantMessiah
Greek word. An allotted share or portion, often implying one's rightful inheritance or destined lot in a division.
Strong's G3310
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 10:38–42 Source Gloss
part
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
An allotted share or portion, often implying one's rightful inheritance or destined lot in a division.
2In later Gk (see MM, xvi), as geographical term, a division, district: Act.16:12.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 10:42 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
μερίδα merida
a part, portion
Read verse Acts 8:21 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
μερὶς meriv
a part, portion
Read verse Acts 16:12 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
μερίδος meridov
a part, portion
Read verse 2 Corinthians 6:15 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
μερὶς meriv
a part, portion
Read verse Colossians 1:12 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
μερίδα merida
a part, portion
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 8:21 · 2 Cor 6:15 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 16:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 10:42 · Col 1:12 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
portion
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
μερίς is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Reflects covenant inheritance imagery fulfilled in Christ. Luke 10:38–42
Canonical Themes
Covenant Messiah
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain