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Dictionaries :: Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Noun Strong's Number: g3313 Greek: meros

Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake):

denotes

(a) "a part, portion," of the whole, e.g., Jhn 13:8; Rev 20:6; 22:19; hence, "a lot" or "destiny," e.g., Rev 21:8; in Mat 24:51; Luk 12:46, "portion;"

(b) "a part" as opposite to the whole, e.g., Luk 11:36; Jhn 19:23; 21:6, "side;" Act 5:2; 23:6; Eph 4:16; Rev 16:19; a party, Act 23:9; the divisions of a province, e.g., Mat 2:22; Act 2:10; the regions belonging to a city, e.g., Mat 15:21, RV, "parts" (AV, "coasts"); Mat 16:13 (ditto); Mar 8:10, AV and RV, "parts;" "the lower parts of the earth," Eph 4:9; this phrase means the regions beneath the earth (see LOWER, A, No. 1);

(c) "a class," or "category" (with en, in, "in respect of"), Col 2:16; "in this respect," 2Cr 3:10; 9:3, RV (AV, "in this behalf").
See BEHALF, COAST, CRAFT, PIECE, PORTION, RESPECT.

A-2 Noun Strong's Number: g3310 Greek: meris

Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake):

denotes

(a) "a part" or "portion," Luk 10:42; Act 8:21; 2Cr 6:15 (RV, "portion"); in Col 1:12, "partakers," lit., "unto the part of;"

(b) "a district" or "division," Act 16:12, RV, "district" (AV, "part").
See DISTRICT, PARTAKER.

A-3 Noun Strong's Number: g2824 Greek: klima

Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake):

primarily "an incline, slope" (Eng., "clime, climate"), is used of "a region," Rom 15:23, AV, "parts" (RV, "regions"); 2Cr 11:10, AV and RV, "regions;" Gal 1:21 (ditto).
See REGION.

A-4 Noun Strong's Number: g2078 Greek: eschatos

Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake):

an adjective signifying "last, utmost, extreme," is often used as a noun; in Act 13:47, RV, "uttermost part" (AV, "ends").
See END, LAST, LOWEST, UTTERMOST.

A-5 Noun Strong's Number: g5117 Greek: topos

Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake):

"a place," is translated "parts" in Act 16:3, RV (AV, "quarters").
See PLACE, etc.

The plural of the article, followed first by the particle men, "indeed," and then by de, "but," is translated "part... and part" in Act 14:4.

A-6 Noun Strong's Number: g4009 Greek: peras

Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake):

"an end, boundary," is translated "utmost parts" in the AV of Mat 12:42; Luk 11:31.
See END, A, No. 3.

Notes:

(1) Meros is used with certain perpositions in adverbial phrases,

(a) with ana, used distributively, 1Cr 14:27, "in turn," RV, AV, "by course;"

(b) with kata, "according to," Hbr 9:5, RV, "severally" (AV, "particularly");

(c) with apo, "from," "in part," Rom 11:25; 2Cr 1:14; 2:5 (see also MEASURE);

(d) with ek, "from," 1Cr 13:9, 10, 12; in 1Cr 12:27, RV, "severally," marg., "each in his part" (AV, "in particular").

(2) In Mar 4:38; Act 27:41, AV, prumna, "a stern," is translated "hinder part" (RV, "stern").

(3) In Act 1:17, AV, kleros, "a lot," is translated "part" (RV, "portion;" marg., "lot"), of that portion allotted to Judas in the ministry of the Twelve.
See INHERITANCE, LOT.

(4) In Act 1:25, where the best mss. have topos, "a place," RV, "(to take) the place (in this ministry)," some texts have kleros, which the AV translates "part."

(5) In Mar 9:40, AV, the preposition huper, "on behalf of," is translated "on (our) part," RV, "for (us)."

(6) In 1Pe 4:14, AV, "on (their) part," "on (your) part," represents the preposition kata, "according to," followed by the personal pronouns; the statements are not found in the most authentic mss.

(7) In Act 9:32, AV, the phrase dia panton, lit., "through all," is rendered "throughout all quarters" (RV, "throughout all parts").

(8) In 1Cr 12:23, the RV has "parts" for "members;" AV and RV have "parts" in the end of the verse; see also 1Cr 12:24.

(9) In 2Cr 10:16, the RV translates the neuter plural of the article "the parts" (AV, "the regions").

(10) For "inward part" see INWARD.

B-1 Verb Strong's Number: g3307 Greek: merizo

Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake):

"to divide, to distribute" (akin to A, No. 1), is translated "divided (AV, gave) a... part" in Hbr 7:2, RV.
See DEAL.

B-2 Verb Strong's Number: g3348 Greek: metecho

Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake):

"to partake of, share in," Hbr 2:14: see PARTAKE.

B-3 Verb Strong's Number: g3854 Greek: paraginomai

Part (Noun, a Portion; Verb, to Give or Divide, Partake):

"to be beside, support" (para, "beside," ginomai, "to become"), is rendered "took (my) part" in 2Ti 4:16 (AV, "stood with"); some mss. have sunparaginomai.
See COME, No. 13, GO, PRESENT (to be).

Notes:

(1) In Rev 6:8, tetartos, "a fourth," is rendered "the fourth part."

(2) See GREATER, HINDER, INWARD, MORE, TENTH, THIRD, UTMOST, UTTERMOST.

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