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Lexicon :: Strong's G3196 - melos

Aa
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.
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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:29 - And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:30 - And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13 - And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19 - I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:5 - For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:23 - But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:4 - For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:5 - So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:15 - Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:12 - For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:14 - For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:18 - But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:19 - And if they were all one part, where would the body be?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:20 - But now they are all different parts, but one body.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:22 - No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:25 - So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:26 - And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:27 - Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:25 - And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:30 - Because we are parts of his body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:5 - Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:6 - And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 - What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
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