What does ἀλλήλων · μέλος mean in the Bible?
ἀλλήλων · μέλος is a Greek phrase meaning "one another".
Greek · G240, G3196
ἀλλήλων μέλη
One another · a limb or part of the body
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ἀλλήλων G240 one another
Pronunciation allḗlōn
Reciprocal pronoun expressing mutual action between two or more parties, never subjects acting alone
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μέλος G3196 a limb or part of the body
Pronunciation mélos
Body part functioning within organic unity; Paul's dominant metaphor for Christians interdependently joined to Christ.
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What does ἀλλήλων μέλη (allēlōn melē) mean in the Bible?
ἀλλήλων · μέλος is a Greek phrase meaning "one another".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G240, G3196?
G240, G3196 is connected to 100 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. one another
Source Gloss
one another
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 100 Case pattern Accusative (67) Number pattern Plural (100)
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 25:32 · Luke 23:12 · John 5:44 · John 6:43 · John 11:56 · John 13:14 · John 16:19 · Acts 15:39 · Rom 2:15 · Rom 12:5 · 1 Cor 12:25 · Gal 5:15 · Gal 6:2 · Eph 4:2 · Eph 4:25 · Col 3:13 20×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 9:50 · Luke 7:32 · John 13:35 · Acts 19:38 · Rom 1:12 · Rom 15:5 · Gal 5:13 · Gal 5:26 · Eph 5:21 · Jas 5:16 · 1 Pet 5:5 · Rev 11:10 12×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Gal 5:17 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:10 · Mark 4:41 · Mark 8:16 · Mark 9:34 · Mark 15:31 · Luke 2:15 · Luke 4:36 · Luke 6:11 · Luke 8:25 · Luke 12:1 · Luke 20:14 · Luke 24:14 · Luke 24:17 · Luke 24:32 · John 4:33 · John 6:52 67×
Word Origins
ἀλλήλων μέλη is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain