verb
monomō
Strong’sG3443
I leave alone
stem mon-once in the New Testament1 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.
** μονόω, -ῶ
(< μόνος), [in Aq.: Ge 49:6;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3443 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmon-o'-o
to isolate, i.e. bereave
Fromfrom G3441;
King Jamesbe desolate.
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.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| monorēntasμεμονωμένη | has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative singular feminine | left alone | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | monomō | monome | monomē | monomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | monosō | monose | monosē | monoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | monotō | monote | monotē | monotelē |
| we 1st person plural | mononō | monone | mononē | mononelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | monovō | monove | monovē | monovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | monolō | monole | monolē | monolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | monomeiō | monomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | monoseiō | monoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | monoteiō | monoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | mononeiō | mononeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | monoveiō | monoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | monoleiō | monoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | monosōr | monosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | monotōr | monotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | monovōr | monovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | monolōr | monolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | monomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | monosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | monotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | mononoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | monovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | monoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | monorō | monorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | monorōntos | monorēntos1× |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
mon 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
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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
monorēntas“left alone”has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative singular feminine1×
1 Timothy 5:5“left alone”tas de ontōs chēras kai monorēntas elpizatē epi theon kai prosmenatō tai …The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and …