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μήν

A month

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μήν G3376
Pronunciation mḗn

What does μήν (mḗn) mean in the Bible?

μήν (mḗn) is a Greek word meaning "a month". μήν genitive, μηνός, ὁ, [in LXX very frequently for חֹדֶשׁ, Gen.

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Meaning

a month
Extended definition

a month: Luk.1:24, 26 1:36, 56 4:25, Act.7:20 18:11 19:8 20:3 28:11, Jas.5:17, Rev.9:5, 10 9:15 11:2 13:5 22:2; pl., of the festival of the new moon (cf. Isa.66:23), Gal.4:10.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 1:36 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 1:26 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 1:24 · Luke 1:56 · Luke 4:25 · Acts 7:20 · Acts 18:11 · Acts 19:8 · Acts 20:3 · Acts 28:11 · Gal 4:10 · Jas 5:17 · Rev 9:5 · Rev 9:10 · Rev 11:2 · Rev 13:5 14×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rev 9:15 · Rev 22:2 2×
Heb 6:14 1×
19 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ἡμέρα · μήν · καιρός · ἐνιαυτός G2250, G3376, G2540, G1763
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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