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Koine Greek wordlink #81095

SR GNT Yhn 21:6 μέρη (meraʸ) ‘to the right side of the boat the’ Strongs=33130 Lemma=meros
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=33 AD

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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

OET-LV: 23 Therefore the soldiers when they _executed _on _a _stake the Yaʸsous, took the clothes of _him, and they _made four parts, a_part to _each soldier, and the tunic. And the tunic was seamless, from the_ top _parts woven through all. (JHN_19:23)

OET-RV: 23 After the soldiers had fastened Yeshua to the stake, they took his clothes and placed them in four piles, one for each of them. This left his robe, which had been woven from top to bottom in one piece. (JHN 19:23)

Mark 8:10 ‘he came into the districts of Dalmanoutha’ SR GNT Mark 8:10 word 24

OET-LV: 10 And immediately having _boarded into the boat with the apprentices/followers of _him, he _came into the districts of _Dalmanoutha. (MRK_8:10)

OET-RV: 10 And he and his apprentices climbed into the boat and headed for the Dalmanutha region. (MRK 8:10)

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

OET-LV: 22 But having _heard that Arⱪelaos is _reigning the over _Youdaia instead _of Haʸrōdaʸs the father of _him, he _was _afraid to _go _away there, and having _been _warned in a_dream, he _withdrew into the districts of_ the _Galilaia/(Gālīl), (MAT_2:22)

OET-RV: 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Yudea instead of his father Herod, and also having been warned in a dream, he left Yudea and went to the Galilee area. (MAT 2:22)

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

OET-LV: 21 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) having _come _out from _there, withdrew to the districts of _Turos/(Tsor) and Sidōn/(Tsīdōn). (MAT_15:21)

OET-RV: 21 Then Yeshua left Galilee and went out to the districts of Tyre and Tsidon. (MAT 15:21)

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

OET-LV: 13 And the Yaʸsous having _come into the districts of _Kaisareia which Filippou, was _asking the apprentices/followers of _him saying: Whom are_ the people _saying the son of_ the _man to _be? (MAT_16:13)

OET-RV: 13 When Yeshua arrived in the outskirts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his apprentices, “Who are people saying that humanity’s child is?” (MAT 16:13)

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

OET-LV: 10 Frugia and and/both Pamfulia, Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), and the parts of_ the _Libuaʸ which along Kuraʸnaʸ, and the ones Ɽōmaios visiting, (ACT_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 Frygia, Pamfylia, Egypt (Mitsrayim), Libya (near Cyrene), and visitors from Rome, (ACT 2:10)

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

OET-LV: 19 And it _became at the time, the Apollōs to _be in Korinthos, Paulos having _passed _through the upper parts, to _come _down to Efesos and to _find some apprentices/followers, (ACT_19:1)

OET-RV: 19 So then while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul travelled through the interior regions before arriving at Ephesus. He found some followers there, (ACT 19:1)

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

OET-LV: 2 And having _passed _through the those districts, and having _exhorted them with_ much _speech, he _came to the Hellas. (ACT_20:2)

OET-RV: 2 As he travelled through the districts, he challenged the people there with a lot of messages, until he eventually arrived in Greece. (ACT 20:2)

Eph 4:9 ‘into the lower parts of the earth’ SR GNT Eph 4:9 word 16

OET-LV: 9 And which: he _went _up, what is it, except not/lest that also he _came _down into the lower parts of _the earth? (EPH_4:9)

OET-RV: 9 Of course, he couldn’t ascend if he hadn’t first descended down to earth. (EPH 4:9)

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

OET-LV: 19 And became the city the great into three parts, and the cities of _the nations fell, and Babulōn/(Bāⱱel? ) the great was _reminded before the god, to _give to _her the cup of _the wine of _the rage of _the severe _anger of _him. (REV_16:19)

OET-RV: 19 The huge city split into three parts and cities collapsed all over the world. The famous city of Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s sight that she should be given her share of the results of his severe anger. (REV 16:19)

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’.

Greek words (6) other than μέρη (N-ANP) with a gloss related to ‘side’

YHN 19:34 πλευράν (pleuran) N-AFS Lemma=pleura ‘with a spear of him the side pierced and came_out’ SR GNT Yhn 19:34 word 8

OET-LV: 34 But one of _the soldiers pierced the side of _him with_a_spear, and immediately blood and water came _out. (JHN_19:34)

OET-RV: 34 Instead one of the soldiers stabbed his side with a spear and immediately blood and water came out. (JHN 19:34)

YHN 20:20 πλευράν (pleuran) N-AFS Lemma=pleura ‘hands and his side to them were elated therefore’ SR GNT Yhn 20:20 word 12

OET-LV: 20 And having _said this, he _showed his hands and his side to _them. Therefore the apprentices/followers were _elated, having _seen the master. (JHN_20:20)

OET-RV: 20 Then he showed them his hands and his side and they were so happy now that they had seen the master. (JHN 20:20)

YHN 20:25 πλευράν (pleuran) N-AFS Lemma=pleura ‘hand into the side of him by_no_means not’ SR GNT Yhn 20:25 word 67

OET-LV: 25 Therefore the other apprentices/followers were _saying to _him: We _have _seen the master. But he said to _them: If I _may_ not _see the mark of _the nails in the hands of _him, and I _may _put the finger of _me into the mark of _the nails, and I _may _put the hand of _me into the side of _him, by _no _means I_˓will˒_ not _be _believing. (JHN_20:25)

OET-RV: 25 so the other apprentices told him, “We have seen the master.”
¶ But he replied, “I won’t believe that unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and I can put my finger into the marks and can put my hand into the gash on his side.” (JHN 20:25)

YHN 20:27 πλευράν (pleuran) N-AFS Lemma=pleura ‘put it into the side of me and not’ SR GNT Yhn 20:27 word 35

OET-LV: 27 Thereafter he _is _saying to_ the _Thōmas: Be _bringing the finger of _you here, and see the hands of _me, and be _bringing the hand of _you, and put it into the side of _me, and be_ not _becoming unbelieving, but believing. (JHN_20:27)

OET-RV: 27 Yeshua came and stood in the middle of the room even though the doors were shut, and said, “Peace to you all.” (JHN 20:27)

ACTs 12:7 πλευράν (pleuran) N-AFS Lemma=pleura ‘having struck and the side of Petros he raised him’ SR GNT Acts 12:7 word 19

OET-LV: 7 And see, an_messenger of_the_master stood _by, and a_light shined in the prison _cell. And having _struck the side of_ the _Petros, he _raised him saying: Rise _up in quickness. And the chains from his hands fell _from. of _him. (ACT_12:7)

OET-RV: 7 but one of Yahweh’s messengers suddenly appeared standing by Peter and light radiated through the prison cell. The messenger poked Peter in the side to wake him up, saying, “Quickly, get up!” The chains fell off his wrists (ACT 12:7)

ACTs 23:9 μέρους (merous) N-GNS ‘of the scribes of the side of the Farisaios_party they were contending’ SR GNT Acts 23:9 word 14

OET-LV: 9 And a_ great _clamour became, and some of _the scribes of _the side of _the Farisaios_party having _stood _up, they _were _contending saying: We _are _finding nothing evil in the this man, and what if a_spirit spoke to _him, or an_messenger? (ACT_23:9)

OET-RV: 9 So then there was a big kerfuffle because some of the teachers of the law spoke up for the Pharisees saying, “We don’t see anything wrong with this man. Maybe it was a spirit or one of God’s messengers that spoke to him.” (ACT 23:9)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular ANP=accusative,neuter,plural GNS=genitive,neuter,singular