Dictionary entry

μερίς

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μερίς, -ίδος, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly חֵלֶק, חֶלְקָה;]

1. (as in cl.) a part, portion: Lk 10:42, Ac 8:21, II Co 6:15, Col 1:12.

2. In later Gk (v. MM, xvi), as geographical term, a division, district: Ac 16:12.†