meros · part

What it means

meros (μέρος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “part”.

In the plural, region, district.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.
2. The territory around a city or a country.
3. On this point, as for this.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• part ×13
• share ×5
• parts ×4
• region ×3
• regions ×2
• respect ×2
• detail ×1
• district ×1
• individually ×1
• line of business ×1
• others ×9

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×1
• Luke×4
• John×4
• Acts×7
• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×7
• 2 Corinthians×4
• Ephesians×2
• Colossians×1
• Hebrews×1
• Revelation×4

• Matthew 2:22

  But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee,

• Matthew 15:21

  And going out from there, Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

• Matthew 16:13

  Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he was asking his disciples, saying, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

• Matthew 24:51

  and will cut him in two and assign him his place with the hypocrites; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

• Mark 8:10

  And at once getting into the boat with his disciples, he came to the district of Dalmanutha.

• Luke 11:36

  So if your whole body is full of light, not having any part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its brightness gives light to you.”

• Luke 12:46

  the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and put his portion with the unbelieving.

• Luke 15:12

  And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his property between them.

• Luke 24:42

  And they gave him a piece of broiled fish;

• John 13:8

  Peter says to him, “You shall never wash my feet, ever!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”

• John 19:23

  So the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, a part for each soldier, and the tunic. Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top throughout.

• John 21:6

  And he said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and they were no longer able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

• Acts 2:10

  Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and the visiting Romans,

• Acts 5:2

  and he kept back part of the price, his wife also knowing it, and bringing a certain part, he laid it at the feet of the apostles.

• Acts 19:1

  And it happened while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, having passed through the inland regions, came to Ephesus and found some disciples.

• Acts 19:27

  And not only is this line of business of ours in danger of coming into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis is in danger of being counted as nothing, and she is going to be stripped of her majesty, she whom all Asia and the inhabited world worship.”

• Acts 20:2

  And when he had gone through those regions and encouraged them with many words, he came to Greece.

• Acts 23:6

  And Paul, knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am being judged.”

• Acts 23:9

  And there arose a great outcry, and some of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees stood up and argued fiercely, saying, “We find nothing wrong in this man; and what if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?”

• Romans 11:25

  For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of this mystery, so that you may not be wise in your own estimation: that a hardening in part has come upon Israel until the fullness of the nations has come in;

• Romans 15:15

  But I have written to you rather boldly in part, as reminding you again because of the grace given me by God,

• Romans 15:24

  whenever I go to Spain —for I hope to see you as I pass through and to be sent on there by you, once I have first enjoyed your company for a while—

• 1 Corinthians 11:18

  For first of all, when you come together in assembly, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

• 1 Corinthians 12:27

  Now you are the body of the Messiah and members individually.

• 1 Corinthians 13:9

  For we know in part and we prophesy in part;

• 1 Corinthians 13:10

  but when the complete comes, what is in part will be done away with.

• 1 Corinthians 13:12

  For now we see through a mirror, in a riddle, but then we will see face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also was fully known.

• 1 Corinthians 14:27

  If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be by two or at the most three, and in turn, and let one interpret.

• 2 Corinthians 1:14

  just as you also have understood us in part, that we are your boast, just as you also are ours on the day of our Lord Jesus.

• 2 Corinthians 2:5

  But if anyone has caused grief, he has grieved not me but in some measure —so that I do not lay it on too heavily— all of you.

• 2 Corinthians 3:10

  For even what has been glorified has not been glorified in this respect, because of the glory that surpasses it.

• 2 Corinthians 9:3

  But I sent the brothers, so that our boasting about you may not be made empty in this respect, so that as I was saying, you may be prepared;

• Ephesians 4:9

  Now this “He ascended,” what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

• Ephesians 4:16

  from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every joint of supply, according to the working in the measure of each part, makes the growth of the body for its own building up in love.

• Colossians 2:16

  So let no one judge you in eating or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths,

• Hebrews 9:5

  and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the cover of expiation; about these things it is not the time now to speak in detail.

• Revelation 16:19

  And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, so that he would give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

• Revelation 20:6

  Happy and holy is the one who has a share in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

• Revelation 21:8

  But as for the cowardly and unbelieving and detestable and murderers and the sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

• Revelation 22:19

  and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written about in this book.

And 2 more times.