μέλος

mevlo" mevlo",
melou",
tov (from Homer down), a member, limb: properly, a member of the human body, ; ,,,f; ;
tav
mela
tou'
swvmato", ,;
mou,
sou,
hJmw'n,
uJmw'n, f; ,; ,; ; ; ;
povrnh"
mevlh is said of bodies given up to criminal intercourse, because they are as it were members belonging to the harlot's body, . 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
mevlh -- now one of another,
ajllhvlwn: ; ; Clement of Rome, , (cf. Fritzsche, Commentary on Romans iii., p. 45) -- now of the mystical body, i. e. the church: ; (cf. WH marginal reading);
tav
swvmata of Christians are called
mevlh, of Christ, because the body is the abode of the spirit of Christ and is consecrated to Christ's service, .*