μέρος, -ους, τό
(< μείρομαι), [in LXX chiefly for קָצֶה;]
1. a part, share, portion: Jo 13:8, Ac 19:27 (Page, in l.), Re 20:622:19; hence (cl.), lot, destiny, Mt 24:51, Lk 12:46, Re 21:8.
2. a part as opp. to the whole: Lk 11:36, Jo 19:23, Ac 5:223:6, Eph 4:16, Re 16:19; c. gen. (of the whole), Lk 15:1224:42; τ. Φαρισαίων, Ac 23:9; pl., Jo 21:6; of the divisions of a province, Mt 2:22, Ac 2:1019:120:2; of the regions belonging to a city, Mt 15:2116:13, Mk 8:10; c. gen. appos., Eph 4:9; in adverbial phrases, ἀνὰ (κατὰ) μέρος, I Co 14:27, He 9:5; μέρος τι, ἀπὸ μ., in part, Ro 11:2515:15, 24, I Co 11:18, II Co 1:142:5; ἐκ μ., I Co 12:2713:9, 12; τὸ ἐκ μ., I Co 13:10.
3. A class or category (in cl. usually ἐν μ. τιθέναι, λαβεῖν, etc.): ἐν μ., in respect of, Col 2:16; ἐν τ. μ. τούτῳ, in this respect, II Co 3:109:3.†