μήν
mḗn · G3376 · Greek · 18 occurrences
Meanings
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month
A period of time measured by a complete cycle in the phases of the moon
ExamplesLuke 1:24 Now after these days his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,
Luke 1:26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named Nazareth,
Luke 1:36 “And behold, even your relative Elizabeth herself has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called infertile is now in her sixth month.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
16 occurrences in 6 groups
- τρεῖςthree 5
- ἕξsix 3
- πέντεfive 3
- ἕκτοςsixth 2
- τεσσαράκονταforty 2
- ἕκαστοςeach 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- παρατηρέωto watch closely 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐπίon 4
- εἰςto 2
- ἐνin 2
- κατάaccording to, against, down 2
- μετάwith, after 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 3 words
- חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh · H2320 · month
- Hebrew חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh, H2320) is the direct translation equivalent of Greek μήν (mḗn, G3376), both denoting a lunar month as a unit of time; the Hebrew term also carries the extended sense of 'new moon' (the visible lunar event marking the month's beginning), which Greek μήν does not explicitly encode.
- יֶרַח yerach · H3391 · month
- Hebrew יֶרַח (yerach, H3391) directly translates Greek μήν (mḗn, G3376), both denoting the time unit 'month'; the Hebrew term also encompasses 'moon' (reflecting the lunar calendar basis), while the Greek term is specialized to the temporal sense only.
- יְרַח yᵉrach · H3393 · month
- Greek μήν and Hebrew יְרַח both denote a calendar month as a unit of time, representing direct cross-linguistic equivalents for this temporal measurement concept.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Month67.174
- This sense denotes a period of approximately thirty days, a division of the calendar year. Luke 1:24 reports that after Elizabeth conceived, “she kept herself in seclusion for five months.”
Word family 3 words
This word has no family of its own: these words share its root.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon genitive μηνός, ὁ (with the Alex. the accusative μηναν, Rev 22:2 Lachmann; on which form…
1. a month: Lk 1:24, Lk 1:26, Lk 1:36, Lk 1:56; Lk 4:25; Acts 7:20; Acts 18:11; Acts 19:8; Acts 20:3; Acts 28:11; Jas 5:17; Rev 9:5, Rev 9:10, Rev 9:15; Rev 11:2; Rev 13:5; Rev 22:2.
2. the time of new moon, new moon (barbarous Latinnovilunium: after the use of the Hebrew חֹדֶשׁ, which denotes both a 'month' and a 'new moon,' as in Num 28:11; Num 29:1): Gal 4:10 (Lightfoot compares Isa 66:23) (the first day of each month, when the new moon appeared, was a festival among the Hebrews; cf. Lev 23:24; Num 28:11; Ps 80:4); (others refer the passage to 1 (see Meyer at the passage)).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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