Bible Dictionary
PART
To part means to separate or divide; in some passages it means to break up a quarrel. As a noun, a part is a share or portion.
Definition
To part means to separate, divide, or break up. As a noun, part means a share or portion.
Biblical Usage
In Proverbs 18:18, “part” means to break up a quarrel, as in the related passage in 2 Samuel 14:6. In 1 Samuel 30:24, the Revised Version uses “share.”
Historical Background
The verb is an older English usage that has largely fallen out of common use except in certain phrases. For the noun, the related biblical idea is portion.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>part: "to part" as a verb is no longer in good use (except in a few special phrases, compare Ru 1:17), but is obscure only in Pr 18:18, where the meaning is "break up their quarrel" (compare 2Sa 14:6). the Revised Version (British and American) has not changed the King James Version's usage, except (strangely) in 1Sa 30:24, where "share" is written. For the noun see PORTION.</p>