noun · masculine
mēros
Greekμηρός (mēros)
Strong’sG3382
the thigh
stem mēr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μηρός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for יָרֵךְ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3382 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmay-ros'
a thigh
Fromperhaps a primary word;
King Jamesthigh.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mēros | mērois |
| object accusative | mēron1×μηρὸν | mēroin |
| direct address vocative | mēror | mēroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | mērou | mēroiu |
| to, for dative | mēro | mēroi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mēro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
mēron“thigh”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 19:16“thigh”kai echatō epi tem himatiem kai epi ton mēron autou onomem grafirētem; Basilevos basilevoiu kai kurios kurioiu.And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.