UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: part, aspect, feature

Semantic entry: 63.14

Semantic domains: Whole, Unite, Part, Divide

Subdomains: Part

Definition: a part in contrast with a whole

Sense 2: side

Semantic entry: 79.108

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Shapes

Definition: an area at the side of an object

Forms: (ους n; always plural)

Sense 3: region, territory, land (and even district, though this might imply too precisely a governmental area)

Semantic entry: 1.79

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Sociopolitical Areas

Definition: region or regions of the earth, normally in relation to some ethnic group or geographical center, but not necessarily constituting a unit of governmental administration{N:001}

Notes: The meanings of γῆ[d], χώρα[b], κλίμαὅριον, and μέρος[c] are not to be regarded as completely synonymous, but in certain of their NT usages they are largely overlapping in reference.

Forms: (ους n; always plural)

Sense 4: party, group

Semantic entry: 11.8

Semantic domains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

Subdomains: General

Definition: a group of people having specific membership and forming a part of a larger constituency

Notes: In the NT μέρος[d] occurs only in the expression μέρος τῶν Φαρισαίων the party of the Pharisees, and though the Pharisees constituted a socio-religious group, the use of μέρος[d] does not focus upon this socio-religious aspect of the Pharisees relationship to the Jewish nation as a whole, but merely upon their identity as a part of a larger constituency. The expression the party of the Pharisees may be rendered in some languages as the group to which the Pharisees belonged or those who were counted as Pharisees or the division called Pharisees. In selecting a word for party or group, it is important to avoid a term which would be essentially political in meaning. If there is no general term for party, it may be necessary to use one with a socio-religious denotation, since that would be the most accurate way of identifying the Pharisees in their relationship to other distinctive groups in the Jewish nation.

Sense 5: business, occupation, endeavor

Semantic entry: 57.199

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Earn, Gain, Do Business

Definition: a particular kind of business activity or occupation

Sense 6: partially, to some degree, part, partly

Semantic entry: 78.49

Semantic domains: Degree

Subdomains: Completely, Enough [Completive Degree]

Definition: a degree which is only part of some totality{N:002}

Sense 7: being part of, as a part of, in part, partially

Semantic entry: 63.15

Semantic domains: Whole, Unite, Part, Divide

Subdomains: Part

Definition: (idioms, literally: from a part) the state of being part of something

Collocations: ἐκ μέρους; ἀπὸ μέρους

Sense 8: not long, temporary, for a little while, for a while

Semantic entry: 67.109

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Definition: (an idiom, literally: from a part) pertaining to a relatively short period of time, with emphasis upon the temporary nature of the event or state

Collocations: ἀπὸ μέρους