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menounge

Greekμενοῦνγε (menounge)

Strong’sG3304

nay rather

stem menounge-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books

Translated as

butindeedmore than that

What it means

μεν-οῦν-γε = μὲν οὖν γε

nay rather: Ro 9:20 10:18, Phl 3:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3304 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmen-oon'-geh

so then at least

Fromfrom G3203 and G3767 and G1065;

King Jamesnay but, yea doubtless (rather, verily).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

menounge

Romans 9:20“but”ō anthrōpor, menounge sis tinos asō tos antapokrinerōtos to theo? mē legati tem plasmem to plassarato Tinem min poiasa houtōs?But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

Romans 10:18“indeed”Alla legamō, mē ouk akouala? menounge; Eis pantan tan gēan exerchata tos fthongos autoiu, kai eis teim perateim tau oikoumenau teim rēmeim autoiu.But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

Philippians 3:8“more than that”alla menounge kai hēgemō panteim zēmian arō dia tem huperecharōtem tau gnōsiau Christou Iēsu tou kuriou mu dia hon teim panteim zēmiima, kai hēgemō skubaleim hina Christon kerdainameiaMore than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ