noun · masculine

meristos

Greekμεριστής (meristēs)

Strong’sG3312

a divider, distributor

stem merist-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

arbitrator1×

What it means

*† μεριστής, -οῦ, ὁ

(< μερίζω),

a divider: Lk 12:14.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3312 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmer-is-tace'

an apportioner (administrator)

Fromfrom G3307;

King Jamesdivider.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	meristos	meristois
object accusative	meriston1×μεριστὴν	meristoin
direct address vocative	meristor	meristoir
of, belonging to genitive	meristou	meristoiu
to, for dative	meristo	meristoi

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

meriststem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

meristo 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

meriston“arbitrator”objectaccusative singular1×

Luke 12:14“arbitrator”tos de legata auto; Anthrōpor, tinos min kathistanata kriton ē meriston epi vin?But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”