adverb
monon
Strong’sG3440
alone, but, only
stem mon-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 booksnever changes form
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.
μόνον, v.s. μόνος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3440 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmon'-on
merely
Fromneuter of G3441 as adverb;
King Jamesalone, but, only.
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
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect μουνόω, Refs 8th c.BC+; but μον- in Refs 8th c.BC+: (μόνος):— make single or solitary, ἡμετέρην γενεὴν μούνωσε Κρονίων made our race single, i. e. allowed but one son in each generation, Refs 8th c.BC+; μ. τὸν Φίλιππον leave him isolated, Refs 2nd c.BC+; get alone, τινὰ ἐν σπήλυγγι Refs; strip of predicates, make unique, [θεόν] Refs 3rd c.AD+
II more frequently in passive, to be left alone, forsaken, ἐνὶ Τρώεσσι μονωθείς Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐμουνοῦντο they were left each man by himself, Refs 5th c.BC+; μουνωθέντα taken apart, without witnesses (variant for{μουνόθεν}), Refs 4th c.BC+; of animals when hunted, Refs 5th c.BC+; when left solitary, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the soul, to be separated from the body, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of things, to be taken alone, Refs 4th c.BC+; to be isolated in thought, Refs 5th c.AD+
II.2 with genitive person, μεμουνωμένοι συμμάχων deserted by allies, Refs 5th c.BC+; μονωθεὶς δάμαρτος, σοῦ μονούμενος, Refs 5th c.BC+ bereft of.., Refs 1st c.BC+; μονούμενος τῶν ἀγαθῶν separated from.., Refs 5th c.BC+; μονωθεῖσαι φρονήσεως without.., Refs; μονωθεὶς ἐκ τῆς εἱρκτῆς, i. e. set free from.., Refs
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.
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 10:42“only”… henon toiu mikroiu houtoiu potēriem psuchreu monon eis onomem mathētou, amēn legamō vi, …… even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will …
Philippians 1:29… vi charizita tem huper Christou, ouk monon tem eis auton pisteuarō alla kai …… you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also …