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Lexicon :: Strong's G3303 - men

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μέν
Transliteration
men (Key)
Pronunciation
men
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary particle
mGNT
179x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
193x in 3 unique form(s)
LXX
49x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

μέν mén, men; a primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (this one, the former, etc.):—even, indeed, so, some, truly, verily. Often compounded with other particles in an intensive or asseverative sense.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x

The KJV translates Strong's G3303 in the following manner: indeed (22x), verily (14x), truly (12x), not translated (142x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 193x
The KJV translates Strong's G3303 in the following manner: indeed (22x), verily (14x), truly (12x), not translated (142x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. truly, certainly, surely, indeed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μέν mén, men; a primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (this one, the former, etc.):—even, indeed, so, some, truly, verily. Often compounded with other particles in an intensive or asseverative sense.
STRONGS G3303:
μέν, a weakened form of μήν, and hence, properly a particle of affirmation: truly, certainly, surely, indeed — its affirmative force being weakened, yet retained most in Ionic, Epic, and Herodotus, and not wholly lost in Attic and Hellenistic writers (μέν 'confirmative'; cf. 4 Macc. 18:18). Owing to this its original meaning it adds a certain force to the terms and phrases with which it is connected, and thus contrasts them with or distinguishes them from others. Accordingly, it takes on the character of a concessive and very often of a merely distinctive particle, which stands related to a following δέ or other adversative conjunction, either expressed or understood, and in a sentence composed of several members is so placed as to point out the first member, to which a second, marked by an adversative particle, is added or opposed. It corresponds to the Latinquidem, indeed, German zwar (i. e. properly,zu Wahre, i. e. in Wahrheit (in truth)); but often its force cannot be reproduced. Its use in classic Greek is exhibited by Devarius i., p. 122ff, and Klotz on the same ii. 2, p. 656ff; Viger i., p. 531ff, and Hermann on the same, p. 824f; others; Matthiae, § 622; Kühner, ii., p. 806ff, § 527ff; p. 691ff; § 503; (Jelf, § 729, 1, 2; § 764ff); Passow, and Pape (and Liddell and Scott), under the word.
I. Examples in which the particle μέν is followed in another member by an adversative particle expressed. Of these examples there are two kinds:
1. those in which μέν has a concessive force, and δέ (or ἀλλά) introduces a restriction, correction, or amplification of what has been said in the former member, indeed... but, yet, on the other hand. Persons or things, or predications about either, are thus correlated: Matthew 3:11, cf. Mark 1:8 (where T Tr WH omit; L brackets μέν); Luke 3:16 (where the meaning is, 'I indeed baptize as well as he who is to come after me, but his baptism is of greater efficacy'; cf. Acts 1:5); Matthew 9:37 and Luke 10:2 (although the harvest is great, yet the laborers are few); Matthew 17:11f (rightly indeed is it said that Elijah will come and work the ἀποκατάστασις, but he has already come to bring about this very thing); Matthew 20:23; Matthew 22:8; Matthew 23:28; John 16:22; John 19:32; Acts 21:39 (although I am a Jew, and not that Egyptian, yet etc.); Acts 22:3 (R); Romans 2:25; Romans 6:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 9:24; 1 Corinthians 11:14; 1 Corinthians 12:20 (R G L brackets Tr brackets WH marginal reading); 1 Corinthians 15:51 (R. G L brackets); 2 Corinthians 10:10; Hebrews 3:5; 1 Peter 1:20, and often. μέν and δέ are added to articles and pronouns: οἱ μέν... οἱ δέ, the one indeed... but the other (although the latter, yet the former), Philippians 1:16f (according to the critical text); ὅς μέν... ὅς δέ, the one indeed, but (yet) the other etc. Jude 1:22f; τινες μέν... τινες δέ καί, Philippians 1:15; with conjunctions: εἰ μέν οὖν, if indeed then, if therefore... εἰ δέ, but if, Acts 18:14f R G; Acts 19:38f; 25:11 L T Tr WH (εἰ μέν οὖν... νυνί δέ, Hebrews 8:4f (here R G εἰ μέν γάρ)); εἰ μέν... νῦν δέ, if indeed (conceding or supposing this or that to be the case)... but now, Hebrews 11:15; κἄν μέν... εἰ δέ μήγε, Luke 13:9; μέν γάρ... δέ, 1 Corinthians 11:7; Romans 2:25; μέν οὖν... δέ, Luke 3:18; εἰς μέν... εἰς δέ, Hebrews 9:6f μέν... ἀλλά, indeed... but, although... yet, Romans 14:20; 1 Corinthians 14:17; μέν... πλήν, Luke 22:22. (Cf. Winers Grammar, 443 (413); Buttmann, § 149, 12 a.)
2. those in which μέν loses its concessive force and serves only to distinguish, but δέ retains its adversative power: Luke 11:48; Acts 13:36; Acts 23:8 (here WH text omits; Tr brackets μέν); 1 Corinthians 1:12, 23; Philippians 3:1; Hebrews 7:8; ἀπό μέν... ἐπί δέ, 2 Timothy 4:4; μέν οὖν (German er nun (he, then))... οἱ δέ, Acts 28:5f; ὅς μέν... ὅς δέ, and one... and another, 1 Corinthians 11:21; οἱ μέν... δέ (he, on the contrary), Hebrews 7:20f, 23f; ἐκεῖνοι μέν οὖν... ἡμεῖς δέ, 1 Corinthians 9:25; εἰ μέν οὖν... εἰ δέ, Acts 18:14f (R G); Acts 19:38; 25:11 (L T Tr WH); and this happens chiefly when what has already been included in the words immediately preceding is separated into parts, so that the adversative particle contrasts that which the writer especially desires to contrast: ἑκάστῳ... τοῖς μέν ζητοῦσιν... τοῖς δέ ἐξ ἐριθείας etc. Romans 2:6-8; πᾶς... ἐκεῖνοι μέν... ἡμεῖς δέ etc. 1 Corinthians 9:25; add, Matthew 25:14f, 33; Romans 5:16; Romans 11:22.
3. μέν... δέ serve only to distribute a sentence into clauses: both... and; not only... but also; as well... as: John 16:9-11; Romans 8:17; Jude 1:8; πρῶτον μέν... ἔπειτα δέ, Hebrews 7:2; μέν... δέ... δέ, some... some... some, Matthew 13:8; (ἕκαστος... μέν... δέ, each... one... another, 1 Corinthians 7:7 L T Tr WH); ὅς μέν... ὅς δέ, one... another, Matthew 21:35; Acts 17:32; 1 Corinthians 7:7 (R G); οἱ μέν... ἄλλοι (L οἱ) δέ... ἕτεροι δέ, Matthew 16:14; μέν γάρ... ἄλλῳ δέ... ἑτέρῳ δέ (here T Tr WH omit; L brackets δέ), 1 Corinthians 12:8-10; μέν... followed by ἀλλά δέ (three times, Matthew 13:4f, 7f; ἄλλος μέν, ἄλλος δέ, 1 Corinthians 15:39; τοῦτο μέν... τοῦτο δέ, on the one hand... on the other; partly... partly, Hebrews 10:33, also found in secular authors, cf. Winer's Grammar, 142 (135). μέν is followed by another particle: ἔπειτα, John 11:6; 1 Corinthians 12:28; James 3:17; καί νῦν, Acts 26:4, 6; τά νῦν, Acts 17:30; πολύ (R G πολλῷ) μᾶλλον, Hebrews 12:9.
II. Examples in which μέν is followed neither by δέ nor by any other adversative particle (μέν 'solitarium'); cf. Winers Grammar, 575f (534f); Buttmann, 365f (313f) These examples are of various kinds; either
1. the antithesis is evident from the context; as, Colossians 2:23 (`have indeed a show of wisdom', but are folly (cf. Lightfoot, in the place cited)); μέν... σωτηρίαν, namely, but they themselves prevent their own salvation, Romans 10:1; τά μέν... δυνάμεσιν, namely, but ye do not hold to my apostolic authority, 2 Corinthians 12:12: ἄνθρωποι μέν (L T Tr WH omit μέν)... ὀμνύουσιν, namely, δέ Θεός καθ' ἑαυτοῦ ὀμνύει, Hebrews 6:16. Or,
2. the antithetic idea is brought out by a different turn of the sentence: Acts 19:4 (Rec.), where the expected second member, Ἰησοῦς δέ ἐστιν ἐρχόμενος, is wrapped up in τουτ' ἐστιν εἰς τόν Ἰησοῦν; Romans 11:13 ἐφ' ὅσον μέν κτλ., where the antithesis παραζήλω δέ κτλ. is contained in εἴπως παραζηλώσω; Romans 7:12 μέν νόμος κτλ., where the thought of the second member, 'but sin misuses the law,' is expressed in another forth in Romans 7:13ff by an anacoluthon, consisting of a change from the disjunctive to a conjunctive construction (cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 839), we find μέν... τέ, Acts 27:21; μέν... καί, 1 Thessalonians 2:18; in distributions or partitions, Mark 4:4-8 (here R G μέν... δέ... καί... καί); Luke 8:5-8; or, finally, that member in which δέ would regularly follow immediately precedes (Herm. ad Vig., p. 839), Acts 28:22 (yet see Meyer at the passage; cf. Buttmann, § 149, 12 d.). Or
3. the writer, in using μέν, perhaps had in mind a second member to be introduced by δέ, but was drawn away from his intention by explanatory additions relating to the first member: thus Acts 3:13 (ὅν ὑμεῖς μένRec. omits this μέν — etc., where Θεός δέ ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν, cf. Acts 3:15, should have followed); especially (as occasionally in classical Greek also) after πρῶτον μέν: Romans 1:8; Romans 3:2; 1 Corinthians 11:18; τόν μέν πρῶτον λόγον κτλ., where the antithesis τόν δέ δεύτερον λόγον κτλ. ought to have followed, Acts 1:1.
4. μέν οὖν (in Luke 11:28 T Tr WH μενοῦν), Latinquidem igitur, (English so then, now therefore, verily, etc.) (where μέν is confirmatory of the matter in hand, and οὖν marks an inference or transition, cf. Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 662f; (Herm. Vig., pp. 540f, 842; Buttmann, § 149, 16)): Acts 1:18; Acts 5:41; Acts 13:4; Acts 17:30; Acts 23:22; Acts 26:9; 1 Corinthians 6:4, 7 (here T omits Tr brackets οὖν); ἀλλά μέν οὖν, Philippians 3:8 G L Tr; εἰ μέν οὖν, Hebrews 7:11.
5. μέν solitarium has a concessive and restrictive force, indeed, verily (German freilich) (cf. Klotz, Devar. ii. 2, p. 522; Hartung, Partikeln, ii. 404): εἰ μέν, 2 Corinthians 11:4; μέν οὖν now then, (German nun freilich), Hebrews 9:1 (cf. Buttmann, as above. On the use of μέν οὖν in the classics cf. Cope's note on Aristotle, rhet. 2, 9, 11.)
6. μενουγγε, which see in its place.
III. As respects the position of the particle: it never stands at the beginning of a sentence, but yet as near the beginning as possible; generally in the second or third place, by preference between the article and noun (examples in which it occupies the fourth place are Acts 3:21; 2 Corinthians 10:1; Colossians 2:23; Acts 14:12 Rec.; the fifth place, Ephesians 4:11; Romans 16:19 R WH brackets; 1 Corinthians 2:15 R G; (John 16:22, see below)); moreover, in the midst of a clause also it attaches itself to a word the force of which is to be strengthened, as καί ὑμεῖς οὖν λύπην μέν νῦν ἔχετε (but L T Tr WH... οὖν νῦν μέν λύπην), John 16:22; cf. Winers Grammar, § 61, 6. The word is not found in the Rev. or in the Epistles of John.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:11; 9:37; 13:4; 13:7; 13:8; 16:14; 17:11; 20:23; 21:35; 22:8; 23:28; 25:14; 25:33
Mark
1:8; 4:4; 4:5; 4:6; 4:7; 4:8
Luke
3:16; 3:18; 8:5; 8:6; 8:7; 8:8; 10:2; 11:28; 11:48; 13:9; 22:22
John
11:6; 16:9; 16:10; 16:11; 16:22; 16:22; 16:22; 19:32
Acts
1:1; 1:5; 1:18; 3:13; 3:15; 3:21; 5:41; 13:4; 13:36; 14:12; 17:30; 17:30; 17:32; 18:14; 18:14; 19:4; 19:38; 19:38; 21:39; 22:3; 23:8; 23:22; 25:11; 25:11; 26:4; 26:6; 26:9; 27:21; 28:5; 28:22
Romans
1:8; 2:6; 2:7; 2:8; 2:25; 2:25; 3:2; 5:16; 6:11; 7:12; 7:13; 8:17; 10:1; 11:13; 11:22; 14:20; 16:19
1 Corinthians
1:12; 1:18; 1:23; 2:15; 6:4; 6:7; 7:7; 7:7; 9:24; 9:25; 9:25; 11:7; 11:14; 11:18; 11:21; 12:8; 12:9; 12:10; 12:20; 12:28; 14:17; 15:39; 15:51
2 Corinthians
10:1; 10:10; 11:4; 12:12
Ephesians
4:11
Philippians
1:15; 1:16; 3:1; 3:8
Colossians
2:23; 2:23
1 Thessalonians
2:18
2 Timothy
4:4
Hebrews
3:5; 6:16; 7:2; 7:8; 7:11; 7:20; 7:23; 8:4; 9:1; 9:6; 10:33; 11:15; 12:9
James
3:17
1 Peter
1:20
Jude
1:8; 1:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3303 matches the Greek μέν (men),
which occurs 179 times in 179 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Mat 3:11–Act 3:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 -

“I baptize you with[fn] water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove[fn] his sandals. He himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:37 -

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:13 -

“and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it; but if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:4 -

“As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 -

“Still other seed fell on good ground and produced fruit: some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 -

“But the one sown on the good ground ​— ​this is one who hears and understands the word, who does produce fruit and yields: some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:32 -

“It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:3 -

“And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You[fn] know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 -

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:11 -

“Elijah is coming[fn] and will restore everything,” he replied.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 -

He told them, “You will indeed drink my cup,[fn] but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:35 -

“The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:5 -

“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 -

“Then he told his servants, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:28 -

“In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:15 -

“To one he gave five talents,[fn] to another two talents, and to another one talent, depending on each one’s ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:33 -

“He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 -

“The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:41 -

“Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:4 -

“As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12 -

“Elijah does come first and restores all things,” he replied. “Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:5 -

“Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; some they beat, and others they killed.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 -

“For the Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:38 -

“Stay awake and pray so that you won’t enter into temptation.[fn] The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:19 -

So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 -

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I am is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with[fn] the Holy Spirit and fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:18 -

Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:5 -

“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some seed fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 -

He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 -

“Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve[fn] the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:9 -

“Perhaps it will produce fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:22 -

“For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:33 -

When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:41 -

“We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:56 -

Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:12 -

And there was a lot of murmuring about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, he’s deceiving the people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:41 -

Many came to him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:6 -

So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:9 -

“About sin, because they do not believe in me;

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:22 -

“So you also have sorrow[fn] now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 -

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:32 -

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:30 -

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:1 -

I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:5 -

“for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:6 -

So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:18 -

Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst, his body burst open and his intestines spilled out.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41 -

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:13 -

“The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate, though he had decided to release him.


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