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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3196 - μέλος

Transliteration

mélos

Phonetics

mel'-os

Origin

of uncertain affinity

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

4:555,577

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

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

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1899 ‑ הֶגֶה (heh'‑geh); 5409 ‑ נֵתַח (nay'‑thakh);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (34)

Matthew 2

Romans 10

1 Corinthians 16

Ephesians 2

Colossians 1

James 3

NAS (34)

Matthew 2

Romans 10

1 Corinthians 16

Ephesians 2

Colossians 1

James 3

HCS (33)

Matthew 2

Romans 10

1 Corinthians 16

Ephesians 2

James 3

BSB (34)

Matthew 2

Romans 10

1 Corinthians 16

Ephesians 2

Colossians 1

James 3

ESV (30)

Matthew 2

Romans 10

1 Corinthians 14

Ephesians 2

James 2

WEB (36)

Matthew 4

Romans 10

1 Corinthians 16

Ephesians 2

Colossians 1

James 3

KJV (34)

member 5

members 29

NAS (34)

member 4

members 27

part 1

parts 2

HCS (33)

body 2

* 2

a part 2

body 2

it part 1

member 2

members 7

part 4

parts 11

BSB (34)

* 1

[me] 1

[them] 1

a member [of it] 1

bodies 1

body 1

components 1

member 1

members 8

part 6

part of the body 1

part of your body 2

parts 7

parts of 1

ESV (30)

member 5

members 23

parts 2

WEB (36)

member 5

members 20

of 2

that the members 1

the members 6

them members 1

those members 1

RAH

N-APN 7

N-ASN 1

N-DPN 1

N-DSN 1

N-NSN 1

ANT

N-APN 13

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 9

N-NSN 5

BEZ

N-APN 10

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 12

N-NSN 5

BGB

N-ANP 10

N-DNP 5

N-GNP 2

N-NNP 12

N-NNS 5

BMT

N-APN 10

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 12

N-NSN 5

BYZ

N-APN 10

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 12

N-NSN 5

ELZ

N-APN 9

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 13

N-NSN 5

NA26

N-APN 10

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 12

N-NSN 5

SBL

N-APN 10

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 12

N-NSN 5

SCV

N-APN 9

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 13

N-NSN 5

STV

N-APN 9

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 13

N-NSN 5

TIS

N-APN 10

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 12

N-NSN 5

N-APN 10

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 12

N-NSN 5

N-APN 10

N-DPN 5

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 12

N-NSN 5

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μέλος, εος, τό,

1. limb, in early writers always in pl., Il. 7.131, Pi. N. 1.47, etc. (κατὰ μέλος is corrupt for κατὰ μέρος in h.Merc. 419); μελέων ἔντοσθε within my bodily frame, A. Pers. 991 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 265 (lyr.); κατὰ μέλη (-εα) limb by limb, like μελεϊστί, Pi. O. 1.49, Hdt. 1.119; τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μέρη Pl. Lg. 795e; μέλη ποιεῖν dismember, LXX 2 Maccabees 1:16 : later in sg., AP 9.141, Gal. UP 12.3,al.; ἡ κατὰ μέλος τομή Str. 2.1.30.

2. metaph., ἐσμὲν.. ἀλλήλων μέλη Romans 12:5.

3. features, form, οὐκέτ' ἐγὼ.. γονέων μ. ὄψομαι BMus.Inscr. 1077 (Sudan). esp. musical member, phrase: hence, song, strain, first in h.Hom. 19.16 (pl.), of the nightingale (the Hom. word being μολπή), cf. Thgn. 761, etc.; μέλη βοῶν ἄναυλα S. Fr. 699; esp. of lyric poetry, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. Pi. O. 9.1; ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in lyric strain, Hdt. 5.95, cf. 2.135; ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ Pl. R. 607d, cf. D.H. Comp. 11; Ἀδμήτου μ. Cratin. 236; μέλη, τά, lyric poetry, choral songs,

1. opp. Epic or Dramatic verse, Pl. R. 379a, 607a, al.; [ μ.] ἐκ τριῶν συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ ib. 398d. lyric portion of the Comic παράβασις, Heph. Poëm. 8.2.

2. music to which a song is set, tune, Arist. Po. 1450a14; opp. ῥυθμός, μέτρον, Pl. Grg. 502c; opp. ῥυθμός, ῥῆμα, Id. Lg. 656c; Κρητικόν, Καρικόν, Ἰωνικὸν μ., Cratin. 222, Pl.Com. 69.12, 14: metaph., ἐν μέλει properly, correctly, ἐν μ. φθέγγεσθαι Pl. Sph. 227d; παρὰ μέλος incorrectly, inopportunely, πὰρ μ. ἔρχομαι Pi. N. 7.69; παρὰ μ. φθέγξασθαι Pl. Phlb. 28b, Lg. 696d; παρὰ μέλος λαμπρύνεσθαι Arist. EN 1123a22, cf. EE 1233a39.

3. melody of an instrument, φόρμιγξ δ' αὖ φθέγγοιθ' ἱερὸν μ. ἠδὲ καὶ αὐλός Thgn. 761; αὐλῶν πάμφωνον μ. Pi. P. 12.19; πηκτίδων μέλη S. Fr. 241: generally, tone, μ. βοῆς E. El. 756. [In h.Merc. 502 θεὸς δ' ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄεισεν must be read for θεὸς δ' ὑπὸ μέλος ἄεισεν, and Ἕλλησιν δ' ᾄδων μέλεα καὶ ἐλέγους is corrupt in Epigr. ap. Paus. 10.7.6.]

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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. 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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μέλος , -ους , τό ,

[in LXX chiefly for H5409;]

a member, limb of the body: 1 Corinthians 12:14; 1 Corinthians 12:19; 1 Corinthians 12:26 Ephesians 4:16 (WH, mg.), James 3:5; pl. (as always in cl.), τὰ μ . : Matthew 5:29-30, Romans 6:13; Romans 6:19; Romans 7:5; Romans 7:23; Romans 12:4, 1 Corinthians 12:12 ff, Colossians 3:5, James 3:6; James 4:1. Metaph., πόρνης , 1 Corinthians 6:15; of Christians, μ . ἀλλήλων , Romans 12:5, Ephesians 4:25; Χριστοῦ , 1 Corinthians 6:15; σώματος Χριστοῦ , 1 Corinthians 12:27, Ephesians 5:30.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Tebt II. 331.11 (c. A.D. 131) ἐ ]πήνεγκά [ν μο ]ι ̣ πληγὰς εἰς πᾶν μέλ [ο ]ς το [ῦ σ ]ώματος, ";belaboured me with blows on every limb of my body"; (Edd.) : cf. P Lips I. 37.21 (A.D. 389). Cf. also Kaibel 547.7 (i/A.D.) πνεῦμα με [λ ]ῶν ἀπέλυε, ib. 261.22 (ii/A.D.) ψυχῆς ἐκ μελέων ἀπ [ο ]πταθείσης.

List of Word Forms

μέλει μέλεσί μελεσιν μέλεσιν μέλεσίν μελη μέλη μελος μέλος μελων μελών μελῶν mele melē méle mélē melesin mélesin mélesín melon melôn melōn melō̂n melos mélos