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Koine Greek wordlink #147478

SR GNT Yac 3:5 μέλος (melos) ‘the tongue a small member is and great things’ Strongs=31960 Lemma=melos
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (4) of identical word form μέλος (N-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μέλος’ (N-NNS) has 2 different glosses: ‘a member’, ‘member’.

1 Cor 12:14 ‘not is one member but many’ SR GNT 1 Cor 12:14 word 8

OET-LV: 14 For/Because also the body not is one member, but many. (CO1_12:14)

OET-RV: 14 Yes, indeed the body is not one part, but many. (CO1 12:14)

1 Cor 12:19 ‘the things all one member where is the body’ SR GNT 1 Cor 12:19 word 7

OET-LV: 19 And if was the things all one member, where is the body? (CO1_12:19)

OET-RV: 19 If it was all just one part, how could it be a body? (CO1 12:19)

1 Cor 12:26 ‘whether is suffering one member is suffering_with it all the’ SR GNT 1 Cor 12:26 word 8

OET-LV: 26 And whether is _suffering one member, is _suffering _with it all the members, or is _being _glorified a_member, is _rejoicing _with it all the members. (CO1_12:26)

OET-RV: 26 So if one body part is hurting, all the parts hurt as well. If one body part is honoured, then all the parts are happy together. (CO1 12:26)

1 Cor 12:26 ‘members or is_being glorified a member is rejoicing_with it all the’ SR GNT 1 Cor 12:26 word 17

OET-LV: 26 And whether is _suffering one member, is _suffering _with it all the members, or is _being _glorified a_member, is _rejoicing _with it all the members. (CO1_12:26)

OET-RV: 26 So if one body part is hurting, all the parts hurt as well. If one body part is honoured, then all the parts are happy together. (CO1 12:26)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘melos’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a member’, ‘the members’, ‘member’, ‘members’.

Key: N=noun NNS=nominative,neuter,singular