Meaning: A part of a corporation or body politic.
Biblical meaning: An appendage to a metaphorical body.
Romans 12:4-5
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: [5] So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
1 Cor. 12:12
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
1 Cor. 12:18
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
1 Cor. 12:25
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
1 Cor. 12:27
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.