GreekG3303PRT

μέν

men

194Occurrences
G3303Strong's #
PRTPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (δέ) (this one, the former, etc.)

a primary particle;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
conjunctive particle (originally a form of μήν), usually related to a following *δέ *or other adversative conjunction, and distinguishing the word or clause with which it stands from that which follows. It is generally untranslatable and is not nearly so frequent in NT as in cl. Like δέ, it never stands first in a clause.
1.Answered by *δέ *or some other particle
2.*μέν *solitarium, answered by no other particle

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

PRT

Morphology Code

G:PRT

Full Description

G:PRT

Occurrences

μέν appears 194 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
52
1 Corinthians
21
Matthew
20
Romans
20
Hebrews
19
Luke
11
2 Corinthians
9
John
8

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:12BSB

What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”

2 Timothy 2:20BSB

A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

Acts 27:21BSB

After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

Hebrews 9:1BSB

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

Matthew 23:27BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

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