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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 word meaning "one another".

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Meaning

one another
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×
100 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 12 — One Spirit, Many Gifts, and One Body in Christ John 13 — The Servant-Lord, the Washed Disciples, and the New Command of Love John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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