2001 Translation

MELĒ, melē

Sounds Like: MEH-lee

Translations: members, limbs, parts

From the root: ΜΕΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the individual parts or components of a body, whether human or animal, such as limbs or organs. It can also be used metaphorically to refer to members of a group or community, or components of a larger whole. It is the plural form of the noun 'ΜΕΛΟΣ'.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G3196 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:21, 2:22
• To the Newly Baptized — 1:5

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 46:7

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 14:42, 14:43
• 4 Maccabees — 9:17
• Sirach — 40:21, 44:5, 47:9, 50:12
• Romans — 6:13, 6:19, 12:4, 12:5
• 1 Corinthians — 6:15, 12:12, 12:18, 12:20, 12:22, 12:25, 12:26, 12:27
• Ephesians — 4:25, 5:30
• Colossians — 3:5

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 4:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 11:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 7 — 11:274
• Book 13 — 12:345

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 7:18
• Book Six — 2:72, 3:5

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 6:6

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 1:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 29:17
• Leviticus — 1:6, 1:12, 8:20, 9:13
• Judges — 19:29
• 1 Maccabees — 14:42, 14:43
• 2 Maccabees — 1:16, 9:7
• 4 Maccabees — 9:17, 10:20
• Sirach — 40:21, 44:5, 47:9, 50:12

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Romans — 6:13, 6:19, 12:4, 12:5
• 1 Corinthians — 6:15, 12:12, 12:18, 12:20, 12:22, 12:25, 12:26, 12:27
• Ephesians — 4:25, 5:30
• Colossians — 3:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΛΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΜΕΛΕΣΙ — limbs, members, songs, melodies, (in) limbs, (in) members, (in) songs, (in) melodies
• ΜΕΛΕΣΙΝ — (to) limbs, (to) members, (to) parts
• ΜΕΛΗΛΗ — member, a member, part, a part
• ΜΕΛΟΙ — members, limbs, parts
• ΜΕΛΟΣ — member, a member, part, a part, limb, a limb, song, a song, melody, a melody

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