Word study
Part
8 Hebrew and 3 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: part, parts, parted. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “part” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- מִן minout of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that nottranslated this way 3 times of its 983 uses · Strong’s H4480Preposition · Translated: from 368, of 68, from me 36, some of 33Full study and all 917 verses →
Exodus 12:10 Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
Numbers 18:26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD— a tithe of the tithe.
- נָטָה nâṭâhstretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bendtranslated this way 3 times of its 215 uses · Strong’s H5186Verb · Translated: incline 24, stretch 23, stretched 21, outstretched 19Full study and all 207 verses →
2 Samuel 22:10 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
Psalm 18:9 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
- חֶלְקָה chelqâhportiontranslated this way 2 times of its 28 uses · Strong’s H2513Noun · Translated: field 9, plot 3, portion 2, plot of ground 2Full study and all 24 verses →
Genesis 27:16 She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
Ruth 2:3 So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
- אֶרֶץ eretsearth, landtranslated this way 2 times of its 2,375 uses · Strong’s H776Noun · Translated: land 1,483, earth 564, ground 119, lands 41Full study and all 2,120 verses →
Genesis 47:6 the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
Genesis 47:11 So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
- חֶלֶב chelebfattranslated this way 2 times of its 88 uses · Strong’s H2459Noun · Translated: fat 63, fat portions 5, finest 3, best part 2Full study and all 69 verses →
Numbers 18:30 Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
Numbers 18:32 Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
- מִן minfrom, out of, by, by reason of, at, more thantranslated this way 2 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s H4481Preposition · Translated: from 38, of 5, partly 4, and from 3Full study and all 66 verses →
Daniel 2:33 its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.
- יְרֵכָה yerêkâhflank, sidetranslated this way 2 times of its 28 uses · Strong’s H3411Noun · Translated: rear 4, ends 3, far 3, two back 2Full study and all 28 verses →
Jeremiah 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
Jonah 1:5 The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
- חָצָה châtsâhdividetranslated this way 2 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s H2673Verb · Translated: divided 5, divide 4, parted 2Full study and all 14 verses →
2 Kings 2:8 And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
2 Kings 2:14 Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
Greek words (New Testament)
- μέλος mélosa limb, membertranslated this way 17 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s G3196Noun · Translated: parts 8, members 8, part 6, part of your body 2Full study and all 23 verses →
Matthew 5:29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Romans 6:13 Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
- μέρος mérosa part, portiontranslated this way 13 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s G3313Noun · Translated: part 9, parts 4, district 3, place 3Full study and all 37 verses →
Luke 11:36 So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”
John 13:8 “Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
- ἐκ ekfrom out, out from among, fromtranslated this way 2 times of its 791 uses · Strong’s G1537Preposition · Translated: from 344, of 168, out of 75, by 61Full study and all 670 verses →
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.