- Transliteration: meros

- Phonetic: mer'-os

- Definition:

1. a part

a. a part due or assigned to one

b. lot, destiny

2. one of the constituent parts of a whole

a. in part, partly, in a measure, to some degree, as respects a part, severally, individually

b. any particular, in regard to this, in this respect

- Origin: from an obsolete but more primary form of meiromai (to get as a section or allotment)

- TDNT entry: 13:54,6

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: From an obsolete but more primary form of μείρομαι meiromai (to get as a section or allotment); a division or share (literally or figuratively in a wide application): - behalf coast course craft particular (+ -ly) part (+ -ly) piece portion respect side some sort (-what).