noun · feminine

monas

Greekμονή (monē)

Strong’sG3438

lodging, dwelling-place, room

stem mon-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

home1×rooms1×

What it means

** μονή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< μένω), [in LXX: I Mac 7:38*;]

1. in cl.,

(a) a staying, abiding;

(b) continuance (LXX, I Mac 7:38).

2. In late Gk.,

(a) a statson (Paus.);

(b) an abode: Jo 14:2, 23;

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

Strong’s G3438 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmon-ay'

a staying, i.e. residence (the act or the place)

Fromfrom G3306;

King Jamesabode, mansion.

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	monas	monais1×μοναὶ
object accusative	monan1×μονὴν	monain
direct address vocative	monar	monair
of, belonging to genitive	monau	monaiu
to, for dative	mona	monai

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

monstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

mona 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

Words built on the same stem

monos — μόνος, only, solitary, desolate monon — μόνον, alone, but, only monimō — μονόομαι, I leave alone

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

monan“home”objectaccusative singular1×

John 14:23“home”apokrinita Iēsus kai legata auto; Ean tinos agapateiō min ton logon mu tērati, kai tos patēros mu agapati auton, kai pros auton ercheni kai monan para auto poieni.Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

monais“rooms”subjectnominative plural1×

John 14:2“rooms”en ta oikia tou patērou mu monais pollais alō; ei de mē, legama an vi hoti poreuemō hetoimazara topon vi;In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?