Quick Definition
μηρός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. the thigh
Strong's Definition
perhaps a primary word; a thigh
KJV Usage: thigh
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ
8.48 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
thigh the part of the leg above the knee
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μηρός mēros 1x
the thigh, Rev. 19:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μηρός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for יָרֵךְ;]
the thigh: Re 19:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μηρός, “ΠῚ ” (Rev 1916), is common in descriptions, as e.g. of a witness to a will, P Oxy III. 490!8 (a.p. 124) εἰμὶ ἐτῶν X οὐλὴ [κατὰ] μηρὸν ἀριστερόϊν, or of a camel that has been sold, P Lond 1132 4.8 (A.D. 142) (=III. p. 142) κάμηλον θήλιαν φυρὰν κεχαραγμένη (1 πυρρὰν κεχαραγμένην) μηρῷ δεξιῷ κάππα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μηρός (mēros) — thigh. μηρός, ὁ, thigh, φάσγανον ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ drawing his sword from his thigh, where it hung, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μηρὼ πληξάμενος, in sign of vehement agitation, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ μηρόν τινος beside it, [LXX+7th c.BC+]
2. thigh-bone, κατ᾽ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of thigh-bones with flesh offered in sacrifice, μηροὺς ἐξέταμον [Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. generally, leg-bones, κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σκέλεσι ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. OIr. mīr 'piece', Latin membrum, from mēmsro-, Sanskrit māmsám 'meat'.)