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μέλος G3196
G3196 is the Greek word μέλος, transliterated mélos. The King James Version most often renders it members.
What it means
a limb or part of the body.
Where it comes from
of uncertain affinity.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 32 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: member.
Verses using μέλος
All 23 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 5:29 · KJV
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.
Matthew 5:30 · KJV
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.
Romans 6:13 · KJV
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.
Romans 6:19 · KJV
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.
Romans 7:5 · KJV
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.
Romans 7:23 · KJV
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.
Romans 12:4 · KJV
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Romans 12:5 · KJV
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
1 Corinthians 6:15 · KJV
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.
1 Corinthians 12:12 · KJV
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.
1 Corinthians 12:14 · KJV
For the body is not one member, but many.
1 Corinthians 12:18 · KJV
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
1 Corinthians 12:19 · KJV
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
1 Corinthians 12:20 · KJV
But now are they many members, yet but one body.
1 Corinthians 12:22 · KJV
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
1 Corinthians 12:25 · KJV
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
1 Corinthians 12:26 · KJV
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:27 · KJV
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Ephesians 4:25 · KJV
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Ephesians 5:30 · KJV
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Colossians 3:5 · KJV
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
James 3:5 · KJV
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James 3:6 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's G3196 mean?
G3196 is the Greek word μέλος (mélos), meaning a limb or part of the body.
How is G3196 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it members (27 times), member (5 times).
How many times does G3196 appear in the Bible?
μέλος (mélos) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G3196 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: of uncertain affinity.
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