Part (Noun, a portion; Verb, to give or divide, partake)

1. meros
2. meris
3. klima
4. eschatos
5. topos
6. peras

1. merizo
2. metecho
3. paraginomai

meros denotes
(a) "a part, portion," of the whole, e.g., John_13:8; Rev_20:6; Rev_22:19; hence, "a lot" or "destiny," e.g., Rev_21:8; in Matt_24:51; Luke_12:46, "portion;"
(b) "a part" as opposite to the whole, e.g., Luke_11:36; John_19:23; John_21:6, "side;" Acts_5:2; Acts_23:6; Eph_4:16; Rev_16:19; a party, Acts_23:9; the divisions of a province, e.g., Matt_2:22; Acts_2:10; the regions belonging to a city, e.g., Matt_15:21, RV, "parts" (AV, "coasts"); Matt_16:13 (ditto); Mark_8:10, AV and RV, "parts;" "the lower parts of the earth," Eph_4:9; this phrase means the regions beneath the earth (see katoteros_under_LOWER);
(c) "a class," or "category" (with en, in, "in respect of"), Col_2:16; "in this respect," 2_Cor_3:10; 2_Cor_9:3, RV (AV, "in this behalf"). See BEHALF, COAST, CRAFT, PIECE, PORTION, RESPECT.

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meris denotes
(a) "a part" or "portion," Luke_10:42; Acts_8:21; 2_Cor_6:15 (RV, "portion"); in Col_1:12, "partakers," lit., "unto the part of;"
(b) "a district" or "division," Acts_16:12, RV, "district" (AV, "part"). See DISTRICT, PARTAKER.

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klima primarily "an incline, slope" (Eng., "clime, climate"), is used of "a region," Rom_15:23, AV, "parts" (RV, "regions"); 2_Cor_11:10, AV and RV, "regions;" Gal_1:21 (ditto). See REGION.

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eschatos an adjective signifying "last, utmost, extreme," is often used as a noun; in Acts_13:47, RV, "uttermost part" (AV, "ends"). See END, LAST, LOWEST, UTTERMOST.

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topos "a place," is translated "parts" in Acts_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 Acts_14:4.

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peras "an end, boundary," is translated "utmost parts" in the AV of Matt_12:42; Luke_11:31. See peras_under_END.

Notes:
(1) Meros is used with certain perpositions in adverbial phrases,
(a) with ana, used distributively, 1_Cor_14:27, "in turn," RV, AV, "by course;"
(b) with kata, "according to," Heb_9:5, RV, "severally" (AV, "particularly");
(c) with apo, "from," "in part," Rom_11:25; 2_Cor_1:14; 2_Cor_2:5 (see also MEASURE);
(d) with ek, "from," 1_Cor_13:9,10,12; in 1_Cor_12:27, RV, "severally," marg., "each in his part" (AV, "in particular").
(2) In Mark_4:38; Acts_27:41, AV, prumna, "a stern," is translated "hinder part" (RV, "stern").
(3) In Acts_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 Acts_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 Mark_9:40, AV, the preposition huper, "on behalf of," is translated "on (our) part," RV, "for (us)."
(6) In 1_Pet_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 Acts_9:32, AV, the phrase dia panton, lit., "through all," is rendered "throughout all quarters" (RV, "throughout all parts").
(8) In 1_Cor_12:23, the RV has "parts" for "members;" AV and RV have "parts" in the end of the verse; see also 1_Cor_12:24.
(9) In 2_Cor_10:16, the RV translates the neuter plural of the article "the parts" (AV, "the regions").
(10) For "inward part" see INWARD.

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merizo "to divide, to distribute" (akin to meros), is translated "divided (AV, gave) a ... part" in Heb_7:2, RV. See DEAL.

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metecho "to partake of, share in," Heb_2:14: see PARTAKE.

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paraginomai "to be beside, support" (para, "beside," ginomai, "to become"), is rendered "took (my) part" in 2_Tim_4:16 (AV, "stood with"); some mss. have sunparaginomai. See paraginomai_under_COME, 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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