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Koine Greek wordlink #130287

SR GNT Eph 4:9 μέρη (meraʸ) ‘into the lower parts of the earth’ Strongs=33130 Lemma=meros
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=plural

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Other uses (10) of identical word form μέρη (N-ANP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μέρη’ (N-ANP) has 3 different glosses: ‘districts’, ‘parts’, ‘side’.

Yhn (Jhn) 19:23 ‘and they made four parts to each soldier a part’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 19:23 word 17

Yhn (Jhn) 21:6 ‘to the right side of the boat the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:6 word 10

Mark 8:10 ‘he came into the districts of Dalmanoutha’ SR GNT Mark 8:10 word 26

Mat 2:22 ‘he withdrew into the districts of Galilaia/(Gālīl)’ SR GNT Mat 2:22 word 25

Mat 15:21 ‘withdrew to the districts of Turos/(Tsor) and Sidōn/(Tsīdōn)’ SR GNT Mat 15:21 word 9

Mat 16:13 ‘Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) into the districts of Kaisareia Filippou was asking’ SR GNT Mat 16:13 word 8

Acts 2:10 ‘Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim) and the parts of Libuaʸ along Kuraʸnaʸ’ SR GNT Acts 2:10 word 9

Acts 19:1 ‘having passed_through the upper parts to come_downhill to Efesos’ SR GNT Acts 19:1 word 36

Acts 20:2 ‘having passed_through and districts those and having exhorted’ SR GNT Acts 20:2 word 5

Rev 16:19 ‘great into three parts and the cities’ SR GNT Rev 16:19 word 9

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 ANP=accusative,neuter,plural