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Lexicon :: Strong's G3196 - melos

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μέλος
Transliteration
melos (Key)
Pronunciation
mel'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:555,577

Strong’s Definitions

μέλος mélos, mel'-os; of uncertain affinity; a limb or part of the body:—member.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G3196 in the following manner: member (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G3196 in the following manner: member (34x).
  1. a member, limb: a member of the human body

    1. of bodies given up to criminal intercourse, because they are as it were members belonging to the harlot's body

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μέλος mélos, mel'-os; of uncertain affinity; a limb or part of the body:—member.
STRONGS G3196:
μέλος, μελους, τό (from Homer down), a member, limb: properly, a member of the human body, Romans 12:4; 1 Corinthians 12:12, 14, 18-20, 25; James 3:5; τά μελα τοῦ σώματος, 1 Corinthians 12:12, 22; μου, σου, ἡμῶν, ὑμῶν, Matthew 5:29; Romans 6:13, 19; Romans 7:5, 23; Colossians 3:5; James 3:6; James 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, 1 Corinthians 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: Romans 12:5; Ephesians 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: 1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 5:30 (cf. Ephesians 4:16 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, 1 Corinthians 6:15.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:29
Romans
6:13; 6:19; 7:5; 7:23; 12:4; 12:5
1 Corinthians
6:15; 6:15; 12; 12:12; 12:12; 12:14; 12:22; 12:25; 12:27
Ephesians
4:16; 4:25; 5:30
Colossians
3:5
James
3:5; 3:6; 4:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3196 matches the Greek μέλος (melos),
which occurs 34 times in 24 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:29 - “Now if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts G3196 of your body, [fn]than for your whole body to be thrown into [fn]hell.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - “And if your right hand is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you [fn]to lose one of the parts G3196 of your body, [fn]than for your whole body to go into [fn]hell.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13 - and do not go on presenting [fn]the parts G3196 of your body to sin as [fn]instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and [fn]your body’s parts G3196 as [fn]instruments of righteousness for God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19 - I am speaking [fn]in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented [fn]the parts G3196 of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, [fn]resulting in further lawlessness, so now present [fn]your body’s parts G3196 as slaves to righteousness, [fn]resulting in sanctification.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:5 - For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were brought to light by the Law, were at work in [fn]the parts G3196 of our body to bear fruit for death.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:23 - but I see a different law in [fn]the parts G3196 of my body waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner [fn]of the law of sin, the law which is in [fn]my body’s parts G3196.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:4 - For just as we have many parts G3196 in one body and all [fn]the body’s parts G3196 do not have the same function,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:5 - so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually parts G3196 of one another.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:15 - Do you not know that your bodies are parts G3196 of Christ? Shall I then take away the parts G3196 of Christ and make them parts G3196 of a prostitute? [fn]Far from it!
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:12 -

For just as the body is one and yet has many parts G3196, and all the parts G3196 of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:14 -

For the body is not one part G3196, but many.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:18 - But now God has arranged the parts G3196, each one of them in the body, just as He desired.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:19 - If they were all one part G3196, where would the body be?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:20 - But now there are many parts G3196, but one body.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:22 - On the contrary, [fn]it is much truer that the parts G3196 of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:25 - so that there may be no [fn]division in the body, but that the parts G3196 may have the same care for one another.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:26 - And if one part G3196 of the body suffers, all the parts G3196 suffer with it; if a part G3196 is [fn]honored, all the parts G3196 rejoice with it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:27 -

Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts G3196 of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:25 -

Therefore, ridding yourselves of falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE OF YOU WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, because we are parts G3196 of one another.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:30 - because we are parts G3196 of His body.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 -

Therefore, [fn]treat the parts G3196 of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which [fn]amounts to idolatry.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:5 - So also the tongue is a small part G3196 of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.

See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:6 - And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among [fn]our body’s parts G3196 as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our [fn]life, and is set on fire by [fn]hell.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 -

[fn]What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? [fn]Is the source not your pleasures that wage war in [fn]your body’s parts G3196?

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