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PORTION, n. L. portio, from partio, to divide, from pars, part. See Part.
1. In general, a part of any thing separated from it. Hence,
2. A part, though not actually divided, but considered by itself.
These are parts of his ways, but how little a portion is heard of him. Job 26
3. A part assigned an allotment a dividend.
How small
A portion to your share would fall.
The priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh. Genesis 47
4. The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate.
5. A wife's fortune.
PORTION, To divide to parcel to allot a share or shares.
And portion to his tribes the wide domain.
1. To endow.
Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Portion'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/portion.html.
Entry for 'Portion'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/portion.html.
