noun · masculine
mēnos
Greekμήν (mēn)
Strong’sG3376
a month
stem mēn-19 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μήν, a particle of assurance,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3376 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmane
a month
Froma primary word;
King Jamesmonth.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mēnos1×μὴν | mēnois |
| object accusative | mēnon2×μῆνα | mēnoin14×μῆνας |
| direct address vocative | mēnor | mēnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | mēnou | mēnoiu |
| to, for dative | mēno1×μηνὶ | mēnoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mēno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
19 occurrences, every one of them listed
mēnos“month”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 1:36“month”kai idou Elisabet tas sungenias su kai autas sullambatē huion en gērae autau, kai houtos mēnos hektos atō auta ta kalirōta steira;Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
mēnon“month”objectaccusative singular2×
Revelation 9:15“month”kai luila tois tessares angelois tois hetoimazirētois eis tan hōran kai hēmeran kai mēnon kai eniauton, hina apokteinaleia tem tritem toiu anthrōpoiu.So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
Revelation 22:2“month”en mese tau plateiau autau; kai tou potamou enteuthen kai ekeithen xulem zōau poiarōtem karpoin dōdeka, kata mēnon hekaston apodōarōtem ton karpon auteu, kai teim fulleim teu xuleu eis therapeian teiu ethneiu.down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
mēno“month”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 1:26“month”En de to mēno to hekto apostelita tos angelos Gabriēl apo tou theou eis politan tau Galilaiau ha onomem NazarethIn the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
mēnoin“months”objectaccusative plural14×
Luke 1:24“months”Meta de houtain tain hēmerain sullambata Elisabet tas gunaikas autou; kai perikrubate heautan mēnoin pente, legarōtasAfter these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
Luke 1:56“months”Menata de Mariam sun auta hōs mēnoin treis, kai hupostrefata eis ton oikon autau.Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
Luke 4:25“months”epi alētheiau de legamō vi, pollais chērais ale en tai hēmerai Ēliaou en to Israēl, hote kleiita tos ouranos epi eteim treis kai mēnoin hex, hōs gineta limos megos epi pantan tan gēan,But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
Acts 7:20“months”en ho kairo gennita Mōusos, kai ate asteios to theo; hos anatrefita mēnoin treis en to oiko tou patērou;At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.
Acts 18:11“months”kathizata de eniauton kai mēnoin hex didaskarōtos en autoi ton logon tou theou.So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.
Acts 19:8“months”Eisercharatos de eis tan sunagōgan parrēsiazete epi mēnoin treis dialegerōtos kai peitharōtos peri tau basileiau tou theou.Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
Acts 20:3“months”poiaratos tē mēnoin treis; gineratau epiboulau auto hupo toiu Ioudaioiu mellarōto anagirō eis tan Surian gineta gnōmau teu hupostrefarō dia Makedoniau.where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
Acts 28:11“months”Meta de treis mēnoin anagina en ploie paracheimazarēte en ta nēsa Alexandrine, parasēme Dioskouroi.After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
Galatians 4:10“months”hēmerain paratērevō kai mēnoin kai kairoin kai eniautoin.You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
James 5:17“months”Ēliaos anthrōpos ate homoiopathos ni, kai proseucha proseucheta teu mē brechara, kai ouk brechata epi tau gēau eniautoin treis kai mēnoin hex;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.
Revelation 9:5“months”kai dōita autoi hina mē apokteinaleia autoin, alla hina basanizili mēnoin pente; kai tos basanismos autaiu hōs basanismos skorpiou, hotan paiateia anthrōpon.The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
Revelation 9:10“months”kai echalō ourain homoiain skorpioi kai kentreim, kai en tai ourai autaiu tas exousias autaiu adikara toin anthrōpoin mēnoin pente.They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
Revelation 11:2“months”kai tan aulan tan exōthen tou naou ekballasar exōthen, kai mē autan metraseia, hoti dōita tei ethnei, kai tan politan tan hagian patali mēnoin tesserakonta duo.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.
Revelation 13:5“months”Kai dōita aute stomem lalarōtem megeim kai blasfēmiain, kai dōita aute exousias poiara mēnoin tesserakonta duo.The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
mēn1×
Hebrews 6:14“surely”legarōtos; Ei mēn eulogarōtos eulogami sin kai plēthunarōtos plēthunami sin;saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”