μήν
mēn
“month”
Definition
a month
a primary word;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
μήν appears 18 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.
After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
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