Quick Definition
μερίς, ίδος, ἡ n.f. a part, portion
Strong's Definition
feminine of 3313; a portion, i.e. province, share or (abstractly) participation
KJV Usage: part (X -akers)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ίδος | μερίζω
63.13 · Whole, Unite, Part, Divide · Part
share, portion part or portion, with the possible implication of a division or significant distinction
1.85 · Geographical Objects and Features · Governmental Administrative Areas
district an administrative district In ACT 16:12 (the only occurrence of μερίς[b] in the NT) the Greek New Testament published by the United Bible Societies has adopted a conjectural emendation, since the more traditional text, πρώτη τῆς μερίδος, literally ‘first of the district,’ is not only misleading in meaning but does not reflect the historical fact that Philippi was a city in one of the four districts of Macedonia but was not a capital city.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μερίς, -ίδος, 9, (see μέρος), Sept. chiefly for ΡΠ, ΠΡ, 732; [fr. Antipho and Thue. down]; a part, i. 4. 1. a part as distinct from the whole: (τῆς) Μακεδονίας, Acts xvi. 12 [on which see Hort in WH. App. ad loc. ]. 2. an assigned part, a portion, share: Lk. x. 42 (see ἀγαθός, 2) ; ἔστι μοι μερὶς μετά τινος, Ihavea portion, i. e. fellowship, with one, 2 Co. vi. 15. οὐκ ἔστι μοι μερὶς ἣ κλῆρος ἔν τινι, I have neither part nor lot, take no share, in a thing, Acts viii. 21; ἱκανοῦν τινα els τὴν μερίδα τινός, to make one fit to obtain a share in a thing [i. e. partit. gen.; al. gen. of apposition], Col. i. 12.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μερίς meris 5x
a part; a division of a country, district, region, tract, Acts 16:12; a portion, Lk. 10:42; an allotted portion, Col. 1:12; a portion in common, share, Acts 8:21; 2 Cor. 6:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μερίς, -ίδος, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly חֵלֶק, חֶלְקָה;]
(as in cl.) a part, portion: Lk 10:42, Ac 8:21, II Co 6:15, Col 1:12.
In later Gk (v. MM, xvi), as geographical term, a division, district: Ac 16:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μερίς. The use of this word in Ac 1613 πρώτη τῆς μερίδος ΜακεSovias πόλις, which Hort objected to on the ground that ““wep(s never denotes simply a region, province, or any geographical division” (Motes*, p. 96), is now amply justified on the evidence of the papyri, as well as of later Greek writers | used as a title of Sarapis: Dieterich compares Lk 1214, generally (see W. M. Ramsay £x# V. vi. p. 320). An almost contemporary ex. is P Tebt II. 3024 (a.p. 71-2) τῆς Π[ολ]έμωνος μερίδος, “the division of Polemon” in the Arsinoite nome: cf. 26. 31518 (ii/A.p.) where a priest connected with temple finance is warned that a government inspector was on the point of coming ‘‘to his division ’— pleJAA[t]v Kal els τὴν με[ρί]δα σου ἔρχ[ςε]σθαι. | “‘take care to secure the share of Philopator.’’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μερίς (meris) — part. μερ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, (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+]