Melos μέλος

Melos (Greek μέλος, Strong's G3196) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “member”. It occurs 34 times in 24 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Melos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 5:29
  And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.If your right eye causes you to sin, 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 thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.And if your right 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 depart into hell.

Romans

• Romans 6:13
  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
• Romans 6:19
  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
• Romans 7:5
  For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
• Romans 7:23
  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
• Romans 12:4
  For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
• Romans 12:5
  So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 6:15
  Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
• 1 Corinthians 12:12
  For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 12:14
  For the body is not one member, but many.For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.
• 1 Corinthians 12:18
  But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
• 1 Corinthians 12:19
  And if they were all one member, where were the body?If they were all one part, where would the body be?
• 1 Corinthians 12:20
  But now are they many members, yet but one body.As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
• 1 Corinthians 12:22
  Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
• 1 Corinthians 12:25
  That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
• 1 Corinthians 12:26
  And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
• 1 Corinthians 12:27
  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

Ephesians

• Ephesians 4:25
  Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
• Ephesians 5:30
  For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.For we are members of His body.

Colossians

• Colossians 3:5
  Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

James

• James 3:5
  Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
• James 3:6
  And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
• James 4:1
  From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).