μονή
monḗ · G3438 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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place, dwelling place
A place where one may remain or dwell
ExamplesJohn 14:2 “In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.
How it’s used In 3 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πολύςmany 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οἰκίαhouse, home, dwelling 1
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
- מָעוֹן mâʻôwn · H4583 · dwelling place, den, lair
- μονή in John 14:2,23 refers to a dwelling-place or abode; מָעוֹן is the standard Hebrew term for a dwelling or habitation, used of God's dwelling (Deut 26:15, Ps 26:8) and human residences. Both denote the place of dwelling.
- מִשְׁכָּן mishkân · H4908 · dwelling-place, home, tent
- μονή denotes a place of residence or abode; מִשְׁכָּן similarly denotes a dwelling-place or residence, derived from שָׁכַן 'to dwell,' used both of God's tabernacle and of human dwellings (Job 18:21, Ps 87:2). Both emphasize the place where one stays/resides.
- נָוֶה nâveh · H5116 · dweller, habitation, abode
- μονή refers to a dwelling-place or residence; נָוֶה is a common Hebrew term for an abode or dwelling-place (Exod 15:13, Jer 31:23, used of both divine and human habitations). Both denote the location where one resides.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Place, dwelling place85.76
- This sense denotes a place of abiding or residence. John 14:2 has Jesus tell His disciples, “In My Father's house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.”
Word family 27 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μόνης, ἡ (μένω) (from Herodotus down), a staying, abiding, dwelling, abode: Jn 14:2;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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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