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Koine Greek wordlink #121674

SR GNT 2 Cor 3:10 μέρει (merei) ‘having_been glorified in this regard on_account the surpassing’ Strongs=33130 Lemma=meros
Word role=noun case=dative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form μέρει (N-DNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μέρει’ (N-DNS) is always and only glossed as ‘regard’.

2 Cor 9:3 ‘you_all may_be voided in regard this in_order_that as’ SR GNT 2 Cor 9:3 word 17

OET-LV: 3 But I _sent the brothers, in _order _that not the boast of _us, which is about you _all, may _be _voided in the regard this, in _order _that as I _was _saying, having _prepared you _all _may _be. (CO2_9:3)

OET-RV: 3 But I sent the brothers so that our boasting about you all won’t be invalidated in this regard, so that you’ll be prepared just as I had told them. (CO2 9:3)

Col 2:16 ‘drink or in regard of a feast or new_moon’ SR GNT Col 2:16 word 15

OET-LV: 16 Therefore not let_ anyone _be _judging you _all in food, and in drink, or in regard of_a_feast, or new _moon, or days _of _rest, (COL_2:16)

OET-RV: 16 Don’t let anyone judge you all about what you eat or drink, or about observing feasts or holidays or days of rest. (COL 2:16)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘meros’ have 9 different glosses: ‘a part’, ‘in turn let_it_be’, ‘districts’, ‘part’, ‘parts’, ‘portion’, ‘regard’, ‘side’, ‘trade’.

Key: N=noun DNS=dative,neuter,singular