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Member [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A limb of animal bodies, as a leg, an arm, an ear, a finger, that is, a subordinate part of the main body.

2. A part of a discourse, or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse. Harmony in poetry is produced by a proportion between the members of the same verse, or between the members of different verses.

3. In architecture, a subordinate part of a building, as a frieze or cornice; sometimes a molding.

4. An individual of a community or society. Every citizen is a member of the state or body politic. So the individuals of a club, a corporation or confederacy, are called its members. Students of an academy or college are its members. Professed christians are called members of the church.

5. The appetites and passions, considered as tempting to sin. Romans 7:5 . Colossians 3:5 .

Member [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.

2. Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body

3. A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse.

4. Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality.

5. Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.

6. Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings.

7. One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends.

Member [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

Membered [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having limbs.

Membered [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.

2. Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.

Membership [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The state of being a member.

2. Community; society.

Membership [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state of being a member.

2. The collective body of members, as of a society.

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Genesis 17:23

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

Genesis 46:27

And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

Leviticus 25:47

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,

Deuteronomy 23:1

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.

2 Samuel 23:24

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

2 Kings 25:25

But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

Job 17:7

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

Psalms 139:16

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

Jeremiah 41:1

Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.

Ezekiel 17:13

And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,

Micah 7:6

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

Matthew 5:29

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Matthew 5:30

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

Matthew 10:36

And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’

Mark 15:43

Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

Luke 23:50

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:

Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

John 8:35

And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

Acts 5:33

When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

Acts 7:54

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.