Strong G3382μηρός
thigh
- Transliteration
- mēros
- Pronunciation
- may-ros'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps a primary word; a thigh: - thigh.
Detailed definition
μηρός, -oῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for יָרֵךְ;]
the thigh: Rev.19:16.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for יָרֵךְ;]
the thigh: Rev.19:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3382 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- thigh1
First verses
- Revelation 19:16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
μηρός, ὁ,
thigh, φάσγανον ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ drawing his sword from his thigh, where it hung, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.190, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.231, +others)]; μηρὼ πληξάμενος, in sign of vehement agitation, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.125; ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.6; τύπτειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.27.11; τὸν μ. ἀλοῆσαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 2)]; ἐπὶ μηρόν τινος beside it, [LXX+7th c.BC+ (LXX.2Ki.16.14: in _plural_, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 11.6, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 135, 136.)]
2 thigh-bone, κατ᾽ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.305, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 57, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).472)]; especially of thigh-bones with flesh offered in sacrifice, μηροὺς ἐξέταμον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.460, +others (compare μηρία); καταρρυεῖς μ. καλυπτῆς ἐξέκειντο πιμελῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1011; θεοῖσι μηρὸν θύετε 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 130; τίθεσο τὼ μηρὼ λαβών 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1039.)]
3 generally, leg-bones, κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σκέλεσι ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.103)]. (Cf. OIr. mīr 'piece', Latin membrum, from mēmsro-, Sanskrit māmsám 'meat'.)
thigh, φάσγανον ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ drawing his sword from his thigh, where it hung, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.190, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.231, +others)]; μηρὼ πληξάμενος, in sign of vehement agitation, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.125; ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.6; τύπτειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.27.11; τὸν μ. ἀλοῆσαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 2)]; ἐπὶ μηρόν τινος beside it, [LXX+7th c.BC+ (LXX.2Ki.16.14: in _plural_, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 11.6, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 135, 136.)]
2 thigh-bone, κατ᾽ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.305, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 57, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).472)]; especially of thigh-bones with flesh offered in sacrifice, μηροὺς ἐξέταμον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.460, +others (compare μηρία); καταρρυεῖς μ. καλυπτῆς ἐξέκειντο πιμελῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1011; θεοῖσι μηρὸν θύετε 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 130; τίθεσο τὼ μηρὼ λαβών 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1039.)]
3 generally, leg-bones, κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σκέλεσι ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.103)]. (Cf. OIr. mīr 'piece', Latin membrum, from mēmsro-, Sanskrit māmsám 'meat'.)