μερίς

μερίς — merís

μερίς, μερίδος, ἡ (see μέρος), the Sept. chiefly for חֵלֶק, חֶלְקָה, מָנָה; (from Antiphon and Thucydides down); a part, equivalent to

1. a part as distinct from the whole: (τῆς) Μακεδονίας, Act 16:12 (on which see Hort in WH's Appendix at the passage).

2. an assigned part, a portion, share: Luk 10:42 (see ἀγαθός, 2); ἐστι μοι μερίς μετά τίνος, I have a portion, i. e. fellowship, with one, 2Co 6:15. οὐκ ἐστι μοι μερίς ἤ κλῆρος ἐν τίνι, I have neither part nor lot, take no share, in a thing, Act 8:21; ἱκανουν τινα εἰς τήν μερίδα τίνος, to make one fit to obtain a share in a thing (i. e. partitive genitive; others, genitive of apposition), Col 1:12.