member

Greek Noun Neuter

μέλος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for נֵתַח;] a member, limb of the body: 1Co.12:14 12:19 12:26 Eph.4:16 (WH, mg.), Jas.3:5; pl. (as always in cl.), τὰ μ: Mat.5:29-30, Rom.6:13, 19 7:5, 23 12:4, 1Co.12:12 ff, Col.3:5, Jas.3:6 4:1. Metaphorical, πόρνης, 1Co.6:15; of Christians, μ. ἀλλήλων, Rom.12:5, Eph.4:25; Χριστοῦ, 1Co.6:15; σώματος Χριστοῦ, 1Co.12:27, Eph.5:30. (AS)

member

Greek Noun Neuter

μέλος, εος, τό, limb, in early writers always in plural, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μελέων ἔντοσθε within my bodily frame, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ μέλη (-εα) limb by limb, like{μελεϊστί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέλη ποιεῖν dismember, [LXX]: later in singular, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 2) metaphorically, ἐσμὲν. ἀλλήλων μέλη [NT] 3) features, form, οὐκέτ᾽ ἐγὼ. γονέων μ. ὄψομαι [Refs] B) especially musical member, phrase: hence, song, strain, first in [Refs], of the nightingale (the [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of lyric poetry, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in lyric strain, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέλη, τά, lyric poetry, choral songs, opposed to Epic or Dramatic verse, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.b) lyric portion of the Comic παράβασις, [Refs 7th c.AD+] B.2) music to which a song is set, tune, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ῥυθμός, μέτρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ῥυθμός, ῥῆμα, [Refs]; Κρητικόν, Καρικόν, Ἰωνικὸν μ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] properly, correctly, ἐν μ. φθέγγεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ μέλος incorrectly, inopportunely, πὰρ μ. ἔρχομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.3) melody of an instrument, φόρμιγξ δ᾽ αὖ φθέγγοιθ᾽ ἱερὸν μ. ἠδὲ καὶ αὐλός [Refs 6th c.BC+]: generally, tone, μ. βοῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+] is corrupt in epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

a limb or part of the body; member; of uncertain affinity