Word study · Greek

sýssōmos

member of the same body

Say it: SOOS-so-mos (approximate)

σύσσωμος

What it means

A fellow member of one body (syn "with" plus sōma "body"). In 3:6, the Gentiles are "fellow members of the body." It appears only here, and Paul seems to have coined it.

Range of meaning

  • Fellow memberPart of the same body.
  • Co-bodySharing one body.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 3

    "And fellow members of the body" (3:6).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G4954 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources