μέλος (melos) means “member” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: mel'-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
μέλος · melos · member
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)
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a bodily organ, limb, member.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| members | 8 |
| parts | 7 |
| part | 6 |
| part of your body | 2 |
| a member of it | 1 |
| bodies | 1 |
| body | 1 |
| components | 1 |
| me | 1 |
| member | 1 |
| part of the body | 1 |
| parts of | 1 |
| them | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| members | 20 |
| the members | 8 |
| member | 5 |
| of | 2 |
| those members | 1 |
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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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordDo 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.
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordFor when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordJust as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
Read word by wordso in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
Read word by wordDo 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!
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordFor the body does not consist of one part, but of many.
Read word by wordBut in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
Read word by wordIf they were all one part, where would the body be?
Read word by wordAs it is, there are many parts, but one body.
Read word by wordOn the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
Read word by wordso that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
Read word by wordIf one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
Read word by wordNow you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
Read word by wordTherefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
Read word by wordFor we are members of His body.
Read word by wordPut to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Read word by wordIn 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordWhat causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
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