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Koine Greek wordlink #960

SR GNT Mat 2:22 μέρη (meraʸ) ‘he withdrew into the districts of Galilaia/(Gālīl)’ Strongs=33130 Lemma=meros
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=-4 TimeSeries=Joseph_and_Mary_return_from_Egypt,Joseph_and_Mary_return_to_Nazareth

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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)

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

OET-LV: 6 And he said to _them: Cast the net to the right side of _the boat, and you _all _will _be _finding them. Therefore they _throw, and was_ no _longer _able to _drag it because _of the multitude of _the fishes. (JHN_21:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then he said, “Throw the net out over the right side of the boat and you’ll find some.” So they did it and they caught so many fish that the net was too heavy to pull back in. (JHN 21:6)

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 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’.

Key: N=noun ANP=accusative,neuter,plural