μέλος, εος, τό,
1. limb, in early writers always in pl., Il. 7.131, Pi. N. 1.47, etc. (κατὰ μέλος is corrupt for κατὰ μέρος in h.Merc. 419); μελέων ἔντοσθε within my bodily frame, A. Pers. 991 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 265 (lyr.); κατὰ μέλη (-εα) limb by limb, like μελεϊστί, Pi. O. 1.49, Hdt. 1.119; τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μέρη Pl. Lg. 795e; μέλη ποιεῖν dismember, LXX [2Ma 1:16]: later in sg., AP 9.141, Gal. UP 12.3,al.; ἡ κατὰ μέλος τομή Str. 2.1.30.
2. metaph., ἐσμὲν.. ἀλλήλων μέλη [Rom 12:5]; Romans [1Co 6:15].
3. features, form, οὐκέτ’ ἐγὼ.. γονέων μ. ὄψομαι BMus.Inscr. 1077 (Sudan). esp. musical member, phrase: hence, song, strain, first in h.Hom. 19.16 (pl.), of the nightingale (the Hom. word being μολπή), cf. Thgn. 761, etc.; μέλη βοῶν ἄναυλα S. Fr. 699; esp. of lyric poetry, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. Pi. O. 9.1; ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in lyric strain, Hdt. 5.95, cf. 2.135; ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ Pl. R. 607d, cf. D.H. Comp. 11; Ἀδμήτου μ. Cratin. 236; μέλη, τά, lyric poetry, choral songs,
1. opp. Epic or Dramatic verse, Pl. R. 379a, 607a, al.; [ μ.] ἐκ τριῶν συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ ib. 398d. lyric portion of the Comic παράβασις, Heph. Poëm. 8.2.
2. music to which a song is set, tune, Arist. Po. 1450a14; opp. ῥυθμός, μέτρον, Pl. Grg. 502c; opp. ῥυθμός, ῥῆμα, Id. Lg. 656c; Κρητικόν, Καρικόν, Ἰωνικὸν μ., Cratin. 222, Pl.Com. 69.12, 14: metaph., ἐν μέλει properly, correctly, ἐν μ. φθέγγεσθαι Pl. Sph. 227d; παρὰ μέλος incorrectly, inopportunely, πὰρ μ. ἔρχομαι Pi. N. 7.69; παρὰ μ. φθέγξασθαι Pl. Phlb. 28b, Lg. 696d; παρὰ μέλος λαμπρύνεσθαι Arist. EN 1123a22, cf. EE 1233a39.
3. melody of an instrument, φόρμιγξ δ’ αὖ φθέγγοιθ’ ἱερὸν μ. ἠδὲ καὶ αὐλός Thgn. 761; αὐλῶν πάμφωνον μ. Pi. P. 12.19; πηκτίδων μέλη S. Fr. 241: generally, tone, μ. βοῆς E. El. 756. [In h.Merc. 502 θεὸς δ’ ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄεισεν must be read for θεὸς δ’ ὑπὸ μέλος ἄεισεν, and Ἕλλησιν δ’ ᾄδων μέλεα καὶ ἐλέγους is corrupt in Epigr. ap. Paus. 10.7.6.]
G3196 — μέλος
μελους, τό (from Homer down), a member, limb: properly, a member of the human body, [Rom 12:4]; [1Co 12:12], [1Co 12:14], [1Co 12:18-20], [1Co 12:25]; [Jam 3:5]; τά μελα τοῦ σώματος, [1Co 12:12], [1Co 12:22]; μου, σου, ἡμῶν, ὑμῶν, [Mat 5:29]; [Rom 6:13], [Rom 6:19]; [Rom 7:5], [Rom 7:23]; [Col 3:5]; [Jam 3:6]; [Jam 4:1]; πόρνης μέλη is said of bodies given up to criminal intercourse, because they are as it were members belonging to the harlot's body, [1Co 6:15]. Since Christians are closely united by the bond of one and the same spirit both among themselves and with Christ as the head, their fellowship is likened to the body, and individual Christians are metaphorically, styled μέλη — now one of another, ἀλλήλων: [Rom 12:5]; [Eph 4:25]; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 46, 7 [ET] (cf. Fritzsche, Commentary on Romans iii., p. 45) — now of the mystical body, i. e. the church: [1Co 12:27]; [Eph 5:30] (cf. WH marginal reading); τά σώματα of Christians are called μέλη, of Christ, because the body is the abode of the spirit of Christ and is consecrated to Christ's service, [1Co 6:15].
μέλος , - ους , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5409;]
a member, limb of the body: [1Co 12:14]; [1Co 12:19]; [1Co 12:26] [Eph 4:16] ( WH , mg .), [Jas 3:5]; pl . (as always in cl .), τὰ μ . : [Mat 5:29-30], [Rom 6:13]; [Rom 6:19]; [Rom 7:5]; [Rom 7:23]; Rom 12:4 , [1Co 12:12] ff , [Col 3:5], [Jas 3:6]; [Jas 4:1]. Metaph ., 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]. †