Strong's Lexicon
G3196 — μέλος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3196 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μέλος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of uncertain affinity |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 34 |
| Transliteration: | melos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mel'-os |
| Meaning: | 1. a limb or part of the body |
| KJV Renderings: | member |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μέλος, μελους, τό (from Homer down), a member, limb: properly, a member of the human body, Rom 12:4; 1Co 12:12; 1Co 12:14; 1Co 12:18-20; 1Co 12:25; Jas 3:5; τά μελα τοῦ σώματος, 1Co 12:12; 1Co 12:22; μου, σου, ἡμῶν, ὑμῶν, Mat 5:29; Rom 6:13; Rom 6:19; Rom 7:5; Rom 7:23; Col 3:5; Jas 3:6; Jas 4:1; πόρνης μέλη is said of bodies given up to criminal intercourse, because they are as it were members belonging to the harlot’s body, 1Co 6:15. Since Christians are closely united by the bond of one and the same spirit both among themselves and with Christ as the head, their fellowship is likened to the body, and individual Christians are metaphorically, styled μέλη — now one of another, ἀλλήλων: Rom 12:5; Eph 4:25; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 46, 7 [ET] (cf. Fritzsche, Commentary on Romans iii., p. 45) — now of the mystical body, i. e. the church: 1Co 12:27; Eph 5:30 (cf. WH marginal reading); τά σώματα of Christians are called μέλη, of Christ, because the body is the abode of the spirit of Christ and is consecrated to Christ’s service, 1Co 6:15.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μέλος (member)
Matthew 5:29
- KJV: And if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out and cast from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not thy whole body should be cast into hell
- GK: ει δε ο οφθαλμός σου ο δεξιός σκανδαλίζει σε έξελε αυτόν και βάλε από σου συμφέρει γαρ σοι ίνα απόληται εν των μελών σου και μη όλον το σώμά σου βληθή εις γέενναν
Matthew 5:30
- KJV: And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not thy whole body should be cast into hell
- GK: και ει η δεξιά σου χείρ σκανδαλίζει σε έκκοψον αυτήν και βάλε από σου συμφέρει γαρ σοι ίνα απόληται εν των μελών σου και μη όλον το σώμά σου βληθή εις γέενναν
Romans 6:13
- KJV: Neither yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin but yield yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead and your members instruments of righteousness unto God
- GK: μηδέ παριστάνετε τα μέλη υμών όπλα αδικίας τη αμαρτία αλλά παραστήσατε εαυτούς τω θεώ ως εκ νεκρών ζώντας και τα μέλη υμών όπλα δικαιοσύνης τω θεώ
Romans 6:19
- KJV: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness
- GK: ανθρώπινον λέγω διά την ασθένειαν της σαρκός υμών ώσπερ γαρ παρεστήσατε τα μέλη υμών δούλα τη ακαθαρσία και τη ανομία εις την ανομίαν ούτως νυν παρεστήσατε τα μέλη υμών δούλα τη δικαιοσύνη εις αγιασμόν
Romans 7:5
- KJV: For when we were in the flesh the motions of sins which were by the law did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death
- GK: ότε γαρ ήμεν εν τη σαρκί τα παθήματα των αμαρτιών τα διά του νόμου ενηργείτο εν τοις μέλεσιν ημών εις το καρποφορήσαι τω θανάτω
Romans 7:23
- KJV: But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members
- GK: βλέπω δε έτερον νόμον εν τοις μέλεσί μου αντιστρατευόμενον τω νόμω του νοός μου και αιχμαλωτίζοντά με τω νόμω της αμαρτίας τω όντι εν τοις μέλεσί μου
Romans 12:4
- KJV: For as we have many members in one body and all members have not the same office
- GK: καθάπερ γαρ εν ενί σώματι μέλη πολλά έχομεν τα δε μέλη πάντα ου την αυτήν έχει πράξιν
Romans 12:5
- KJV: So we many are one body in Christ and every one members one of another
- GK: ούτως οι πολλοί εν σώμά εσμεν εν χριστώ ο δε καθ΄ εις αλλήλων μέλη
1 Corinthians 6:15
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