adjective
monogenos
Strong’sG3439
only, only-begotten, unique
stem monogen-9 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μονογενής, -ές
(< μόνος, γένος), [in LXX: Jg 11:34, Ps 21 (22):20 24 (25):16 34 (35):17 (יָחִיד), To 3:15 6:10, 14 8:17, Wi 7:22, Ba 4:16*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3439 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect μουνο-, (γένος) the only member of a kin or kind: hence, generally, only, single, παῖς NT+8th c.BC+; of Hecate, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 unique, of τὸ ὄν, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 μ. αἷμα one and the same blood, uncertain reading in Refs 5th c.BC+
4 Grammars, having one form for all genders, Refs 2nd c.AD+
5 name of the foot ¯ ¯ ¯ ?~X, Refs 7th c.AD+
II adverb -νῶς, φέρεται μ. ἐν ἑνὶ τόπῳ grows only in one place, Refs
II.2 in a unique manner, Refs 6th c.AD+
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | monogenos3×μονογενὴς | monogenas1×μονογενὴς | monogenem | monogenois | monogenais | monogeneim |
| object accusative | monogenon3×μονογενῆ | monogenan | monogenoin | monogenain | ||
| direct address vocative | monogenor | monogenar | monogenoir | monogenair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | monogenou2×μονογενοῦς | monogenau | monogeneu | monogenoiu | monogenaiu | monogeneiu |
| to, for dative | monogeno | monogena | monogene | monogenoi | monogenai | monogenei |
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
monogen 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.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
monogenos“only”subjectnominative singular3×
Luke 7:12… tau polau, kai idou ekkomizote thnēskarēntos monogenos huios ta mētēra autou, kai autas …… dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she …
Luke 9:38… epiblepara epi ton huion mu, hoti monogenos mi atō,… my son, for he is my only child.
John 1:18theon oudenos horatē pōpote; monogenos theos tos arōntos eis ton kolpon …… has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and …
monogenon“only”objectaccusative singular3×
John 3:16… ton kosmon hōste ton huion ton monogenon dōata, hina pantos tos pisteuarōntos eis …… the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in …
Hebrews 11:17… Abraam ton Isaak peirazorōntos, kai ton monogenon prosferate tos tain epangeliain anadecherantos,… ready to offer his one and only son,
1 John 4:9… ni, hoti ton huion autou ton monogenon apostelatē tos theos eis ton kosmon …… us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that …
monogenou“one and only”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
John 1:14… theasena tan doxan autou, doxan hōs monogenou para patrou, plēros charitau kai alētheiau;… His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of …
John 3:18… mē pisteuatē eis tem onomem tou monogenou huiou tou theou.… believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
monogenas“only”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 8:42hoti thugatras monogenas ate auto hōs eteiu dōdeka kai …because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was …