noun · feminine
meridas
Strong’sG3310
a part, portion
stem merid-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μερίς, -ίδος, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly חֵלֶק, חֶלְקָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3310 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmer-ece'
a portion, i.e. province, share or (abstractly) participation
Fromfeminine of G3313;
King Jamespart (X -akers).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(μέρος) part, portion, LXX+5th c.BC+: metaphorically, Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὴν μ. τὴν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου portion of sacrificial meat allotted to a member of the court, Refs 4th c.BC+; share in a mine, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 contribution, quota, μερίδ᾽ εἰς σωτηρίαν ὑπάρχειν contribute to.., Refs 4th c.BC+
3 plot of ground, LXX+2nd c.BC+
3.b region, district, NT+3rd c.BC+
3.c Astrology texts, ἡ κάτω μ. Refs 2nd c.AD+
3.d metaphorically, province, Refs 4th c.AD+ adThem.266b.
II division, class, πολιτῶν Refs 5th c.BC+adThem.253c; especially in political sense, party, faction, Refs 5th c.BC+
III ={μέρος} IV. 3, εἰς ἀρετῆς μερίδα τὸ ψεύσασθαι τιθέμενος Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV of persons, κακὰ μ. you bad lot! Refs 3rd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | meridas2×μερὶς | meridais |
| object accusative | meridan2×μερίδα | meridain |
| direct address vocative | meridar | meridair |
| of, belonging to genitive | meridau1×μερίδος | meridaiu |
| to, for dative | merida | meridai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
merida is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
meridas“part”subjectnominative singular2×
Acts 8:21ouk atō si meridas oude klēros en to logo houto, …You have no part or share in our ministry, because …
2 Corinthians 6:15“share”… sumfōnēsias Christou pros Beliar, ē tinas meridas pisto meta apistou?What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
meridan“part”objectaccusative singular2×
Luke 10:42“part”… ē heneu; Mariam gar tan agathan meridan eklegeta hotinas ouk afairiti autau.But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Colossians 1:12… patro to hikanaranto vin eis tan meridan tou klērou toiu hagioiu en te …… Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints …
meridau“district”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 16:12… eis Filippoin, hotinas atō prōtas tau meridau Makedoniau polas, kolōnias. ane de en …… Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there …