μέλοςmélos
a limb or part of the body
Greek (New Testament) · G3196
Meanings
a member, limb of the body: 1 Corinthians 12:14, 1 Corinthians 12:19, 1 Corinthians 12:26, Ephesians 4:16, James 3:5; plural (as always in classical Greek), τὰ μ.: Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, 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.
Where it appears
Appears 34 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 5:29 So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- Matthew 5:30 And if your hand—even your stronger hand—causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- Romans 6:13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.
- Romans 6:19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
- Romans 7:5 When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death.
- Romans 7:23 But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.