μέλος
melos
member
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word μέλος (melos) is defined as a "member." This term is used in various contexts throughout the Bible, reflecting its broad applicability. With 34 occurrences, it is a relatively common word in the Greek New Testament. In its usage, μέλος can refer to a part of the body, as in a limb or a member of a whole. This is evident in its semantic domain, which includes concepts related to light and darkness, suggesting a connection to the idea of being part of a larger whole, either as a contributing part or as a part that is illuminated. The word's range of usage extends beyond physical bodies to include metaphorical and figurative senses, indicating its versatility in conveying different meanings. The significance of μέλος lies in its emphasis on the interconnectedness and interdependence of parts within a whole. As a "member," it highlights the importance of individual components in relation to the larger entity they belong to. This concept is significant in understanding the relationships between individuals, communities, and the world around us, emphasizing the value of unity and cooperation.
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Occurrences in Scripture
34 total occurrences across the text
If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
Matthew 5:30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
Romans 6:13Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 6:13Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 6:19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
Romans 6:19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.
Romans 7:23but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
Romans 7:23but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
Romans 12:4For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,
Romans 12:4For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,
Romans 12:5so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,
1 Corinthians 6:15Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!
1 Corinthians 6:15Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!
1 Corinthians 6:15Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!
1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:14For the body is not one member, but many.
1 Corinthians 12:18But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
1 Corinthians 12:19If they were all one member, where would the body be?
1 Corinthians 12:20But now they are many members, but one body.
1 Corinthians 12:22No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
1 Corinthians 12:25that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.
1 Corinthians 12:26When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:26When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:26When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:26When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
Ephesians 4:25Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
Ephesians 5:30because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
Colossians 3:5Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
James 3:5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
James 4:1Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?