Bible Dictionaries
Portion

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.

(2):

(n.) A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.

(3):

(n.) That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

(4):

(v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

(5):

(n.) 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; an inheritance.

(6):

(n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry.

(7):

(n.) A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Portion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/portion.html. 1828.