Lexical Definition

‎μέρος‎ méros (mer'-os) part ^G:N-N
from an obsolete but more primary form of (to get as a section or allotment)

behalf, course, coast, craft, particular (+ -ly), part (+ -ly), piece, portion, respect, side, some sort(-what).

• a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application)

Abbott-Smith

μέρος, -ους, τό (< μείρομαι), [in LXX chiefly for קָצֶה;]
1. a part, share, portion: Jo 13:8, Ac 19:27 (Page, in l.), Re 20:6 22:19; 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 5:2 23:6, Eph 4:16, Re 16:19; c. gen. (of the whole), Lk 15:12 24:42; τ. Φαρισαίων, Ac 23:9; pl., Jo 21:6; of the divisions of a province, Mt 2:22, Ac 2:10 19:1 20:2; of the regions belonging to a city, Mt 15:21 16:13, 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 11:25 15:15, 24, I Co 11:18, II Co 1:14 2:5; ἐκ μ., I Co 12:27 13:9, 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 3:10 9:3.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

μέρος, εος, τό,

(μείρομαι) first in [Refs]:— share, portion, [μέρος ἔχοντα Μουσᾶν 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.71; ἔχει δόμων μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 483; κτεάνων μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1574 (\_anapaest meter\_); συμβαλέσθαι τὸ μ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.11; τὰ μ. τινῶν κομίζεσθαι [prev. passage]; λαβεῖν τῆς μεθόδου τὸ μ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295a3 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of work put out to contract, allotment, [Refs]

__2 heritage, lot, destiny, μεθέξειν τάφου μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο γὰρ.. σπάνιον μ. is a rare portion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ μέρους προτιμᾶσθαι from considerations of rank or family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II one's turn, ἐπείτε αὐτῆς μ. ἐγίνετο τῆς ἀπίξιος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν ἥκῃ μ. ἔργων the turn or time for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγγέλου μ. his turn of duty as messenger, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 with Preps., ἀνὰ μέρος in turn, successively, [μέρος “hymnus ad Mercurium” 53, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ μ. λέγειν severally, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κατὰ μέρος the particulars, [Refs 1st c.BC+] in turn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλῦθί νυν ἐν μ., ἀντάκουσον ἐν μ., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; by turns, in succession, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ μέρει in one's turn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ μ. καὶ παρὰ τὸ μ. in and out of turn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ μέρος in turn, by turns, ἄρχειν [Refs 1st c.AD+] (but also, partially, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III the part one takes in a thing, μέτεστι χὑμῖν τῶν πεπραγμένων μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμέτερον μ. [ἐστί] with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 frequently in periphrases, τοὐμὸν μέρος, τὸ σὸν μ., my or thy part, i.e. simply I or me, thou or thee, ὅσον τὸ σὸν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, τοὐμὸν μ. as to me, οὐ καμῇ τοὐμὸν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σὸν μέρος as to thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV part, opposed to the whole, ὡρέων τρίτατον μ. [Refs]; τρίτον κασιγνητᾶν μ., i. e. one of three sisters, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δύο μ. two-thirds,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἂν μέρος οὖσαι φανεῖεν τῶν.. no fraction of.., i. e. infinitesimal compared with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσα ἄλλα μ. ἐντὸς τοῦ Ἴστρου parts of the country, regions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυγκαταδουλοῦν.. τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης μ., i. e. the sea as their part of the business, [Refs]: hence, branch, business, matter, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; division of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; class or party, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the factions in the circus, πρασίνων μ. [Refs 6th c.AD+]; party in a contract or lawsuit, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; caste, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—special uses, in Geometry texts, direction, ἐπὶ θάτερον μ. interpolated in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: Arith., submultiple, [Refs]; τὰ μ. the denominators of fractions, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] part of speech, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ. λόγου, also, = word, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; section of a document, Mitteis [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__IV.2 _absolutely_ as adverb, μέρος τι in part, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέρος μέν τι.., μέρος δέ τι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πλεῖστον μ. for the most part, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__IV.2.b with Preps., κατά τι μέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ μέρους in part, γινώσκομεν [NT] by the side of, [LXX]; ἐκ μ. τῶν ὁρίων[LXX]; ἐκ τοῦ πλείστου μ. for the most part, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀπὸ μέρους in part, [NT+1st c.AD+] special histories, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πρὸς μέρος in proportion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.3 ἐν μέρει τινὸς τιθέναι, etc., to put in the class of.., consider as so and so, εἰ ἐν ἀρετῆς τιθεῖς μέρει τὴν ἀδικίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν οὐδενὸς εἶναι μ. to be as no one, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐν προσθήκης μ. as an appendage, [μέρος καταθέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.17. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.4 in local sense, district, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__IV.5 in Neo-Platonism, by way of species or element, ἐν μέρει καὶ ὡς στοιχεῖον [Refs 5th c.AD+]; οὕτω ὁ μέγας Ἰάμβλιχος ἐνόησεν τὸ ἓν ὂν ἐν μέρει ἑκάτερον[Refs 3rd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Cor.13.9 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.6.8 ☩ LXX.Num.20.16 ☩ 2Cor.2.5}