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Koine Greek wordlink #148462

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

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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’.

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

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

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

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

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