μέλος melos · G3196
member
μέλος, -ους, τό ; [in LXX chiefly for נֵתַח ; ] ; a member, limb of the body: 1Co.12:14 12:19 12:26 Eph.4:16 (WH, mg.), Jas.3:5; pl. (as always in cl.), τὰ μ. : Mat.5:29-30, Rom.6:13, 19 7:5, 23 12:4, 1Co.12:12 ff, Col.3:5, Jas.3:6 4:1. Metaphorical, πόρνης, 1Co.6:15; of Christians, μ. ἀλλήλων, Rom.12:5, Eph.4:25; Χριστοῦ, 1Co.6:15; σώματος Χριστοῦ, 1Co.12:27, Eph.5:30.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μέλος, εος, τό, ; limb, in early writers always in plural, []; μελέων ἔντοσθε within my bodily frame, []; κατὰ μέλη (-εα) limb by limb, like{μελεϊστί}, []; μέλη ποιεῖν dismember, []: later in singular, []; 2 metaphorically, ἐσμὲν.. ἀλλήλων μέλη []; 3 features, form, οὐκέτ᾽ ἐγὼ.. γονέων μ. ὄψομαι []; B especially musical member, phrase: hence, song, strain, first in [], of the nightingale (the []; especially of lyric poetry, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. []; ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in lyric strain, []; …
Where it's used 34 times
Matthew 5:29 · Matthew 5:30 · Romans 6:13 · Romans 6:19 · Romans 7:5 · Romans 7:23 · Romans 12:4 · Romans 12:5 · 1 Corinthians 6:15 · 1 Corinthians 12:12 · 1 Corinthians 12:14 · 1 Corinthians 12:18 · 1 Corinthians 12:19 · 1 Corinthians 12:20 · 1 Corinthians 12:22 · 1 Corinthians 12:25 · 1 Corinthians 12:26 · 1 Corinthians 12:27 · Ephesians 4:25 · Ephesians 5:30 · Colossians 3:5 · James 3:5 · James 3:6 · James 4:1 … and 10 more
Source: TBESG G3196; TFLSJ G3196
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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