noun · masculine
mēnos
Strong’sG3376
a month
stem mēn-19 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Month is the primary meaning of this word: it denotes a month, the period of time 234, and can be used with reference to a specific point within a month or on a monthly basis 3.
μήν is also used as a particle of strong assurance, meaning "verily" or "truly" 1. In this use it commonly appears in the phrase "surely" or "full surely," strengthening an oath or promise 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Biblang's gloss. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
nominative singular μείς Refs 8th c.BC+; Doric dialect μής Refs 4th c.BC+; Elean μεύς Refs: nominative singular μήν LXX+8th c.BC+; both μείς and μήν in Refs 4th c.BC+: oblique cases formed from stem μην-, Aeolic dialect μηνν- Refs, Thess. μεινν- Refs; dative plural μησί Refs 5th c.BC+:—month, Refs 8th c.BC+; μηνὸς τετάρτῃ φθίνοντος on the fourth day from the end of the month, Foed. cited in [same work]Refs; Μαιμακτηριῶνος δεκάτῃ ἀπιόντος, i.e. on the 21st, Decrees cited in Refs 4th c.BC+; μηνῶν φθινὰς ἁμέρα the last of the month, Refs 5th c.BC+; τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός at the end of the lunar month (when there was no moon-light), Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκείνου τοῦ μηνός in the course of.., Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ μῆνα monthly, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον, κατὰ μῆνας, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκάστου μηνόςRefs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ μηνός alone, by the month, Refs 5th c.BC+; τόκον δραχμὴν τοῦ μ. τῆς μνᾶς interest a drachma per mina per month, Refs 4th c.BC+; μ. πλήρης, κοῖλος, civil month of 30 or 29 days respectively, Refs 1st c.BC+; μ. ἐμβόλιμος intercalary month, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 crescent moon, Thphr. [prev. cited] (μείς); the part of the month corresponding to a phase of the moon, Refs; the visible part of the moon, Chrysipp. [prev. cited] (μείς).
3 ornament in form of crescent moon, Refs 5th c.BC+
3.b ={μηνίσκος} 1, probably in Refs 5th c.BC+
II as proper name, the god Refs 5th c.BC+ stem mēns- 'moon', 'month', cf. Latin mensis, genitive plural mensum, etc.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
19 occurrences, every one of them listed
mēnos“month”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 1:36… huion en gērae autau, kai houtos mēnos hektos atō auta ta kalorōnta steira;… called barren is in her sixth month.
mēnon“month”objectaccusative singular2×
Revelation 9:15… eis tan hōran kai hēmeran kai mēnon kai eniauton, hina apoktenaleia tem tritem …… for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill …
Revelation 22:2… xulem zōau poiarōntem karpoin dōdeka, kata mēnon hekaston apodōarōntem ton karpon auteu, kai …… yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree …
mēno“month”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 1:26En de to mēno to hekto apostelita tos angelos Gabriēl …In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to …
mēnoin“months”objectaccusative plural14×
Luke 1:24… tas gunaikas autou; kai perikrubate heautan mēnoin pente, legarōntas… Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
Luke 1:56Menata de Mariam sun auta hōs mēnoin treis, kai hupostrefata eis ton oikon …… stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
Luke 4:25“months”… tos ouranos epi eteim treis kai mēnoin hex, hōs geneta limos megos epi …… Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the …
Acts 7:20… ate asteios to theo; hos anatrefita mēnoin treis en to oiko tou patrou;… the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s …
Acts 18:11“months”kathizata de eniauton kai mēnoin hex didaskarōntos en autoi ton logon …So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.
Acts 19:8… de eis tan sunagōgan parrēsiazote epi mēnoin treis dialegorōntos kai peitharōntos peri tau …… and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of …
Acts 20:3poiarantos tē mēnoin treis; generantau epiboulau auto hupo toiu …where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a …
Acts 28:11Meta de treis mēnoin anagina en ploie paracheimazarēnte en ta …After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian …
Galatians 4:10hēmerain paratērovō kai mēnoin kai kairoin kai eniautoin.You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
James 5:17“months”… epi tau gēau eniautoin treis kai mēnoin hex;… not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Revelation 9:5… mē apoktenaleia autoin, alla hina basanizili mēnoin pente; kai tos basanismos autaiu hōs …… only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the …
Revelation 9:10… tas exousias autaiu adikara toin anthrōpoin mēnoin pente.… power to injure people for five months.
Revelation 11:2… kai tan polan tan hagian patali mēnoin tesserakonta duo.… will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Revelation 13:5… blasfēmiain, kai dōita aute exousias poiara mēnoin tesserakonta duo.… words, and authority to act for 42 months.
mēn1×
Hebrews 6:14legarōntos; Ei mēn eulogarōntos eulogami sin kai plēthunarōntos plēthunami …saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”