What does μέρος · μηρός mean in the Bible?
μέρος · μηρός: A portion assigned or allotted, emphasizing share or lot rather than mere division
Greek · G3313, G3382
μέρος
A division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application) · a thigh
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μέρος G3313 a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application)
Pronunciation méros
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μηρός G3382 a thigh
Pronunciation mērós
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What does μέρος (méros) mean in the Bible?
μέρος · μηρός: A portion assigned or allotted, emphasizing share or lot rather than mere division
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3313, G3382?
G3313, G3382 is connected to 42 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek phrase. A portion assigned or allotted, emphasizing share or lot rather than mere division
Source Gloss
a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application)
Extended definition
A portion assigned or allotted, emphasizing share or lot rather than mere division
:--behalf, course, coast, craft, particular (+ -ly), part (+ -ly), piece, portion, respect, side, some sort(-what).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 42 Case pattern Accusative (25) Number pattern Singular (31)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 23:6 · Rev 21:8 2×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 23:9 · Rom 11:25 · Rom 15:15 · Rom 15:24 · 1 Cor 12:27 · 1 Cor 13:9 · 1 Cor 13:10 · 1 Cor 13:12 · 2 Cor 1:14 · 2 Cor 2:5 · Eph 4:16 12×
Dative · Singular · Neuter 2 Cor 3:10 · 2 Cor 9:3 · Col 2:16 3×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 24:51 · Luke 11:36 · Luke 12:46 · Luke 15:12 · Luke 24:42 · John 13:8 · John 19:23 · Acts 5:2 · Acts 19:27 · 1 Cor 11:18 · 1 Cor 14:27 · Heb 9:5 · Rev 20:6 · Rev 22:19 14×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 2:22 · Matt 15:21 · Matt 16:13 · Mark 8:10 · John 19:23 · John 21:6 · Acts 2:10 · Acts 19:1 · Acts 20:2 · Eph 4:9 · Rev 16:19 11×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Witnesses
John 13:1-17 μέος méros · mērós
share, portion
Word Origins
μέρος is from an obsolete root - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
Participation in Christ through cleansing.
Canonical Themes
Messiah
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