What does μήν (mḗn) mean in the Bible?
μήν (mḗn) is a Greek word meaning "a month".
Greek · G3376
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".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3376?
The BSB source-word alignment has 18 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include months (11), month (4), . . . (3).
Where does μήν (mḗn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (6), Acts (5), Luke (5), Galatians (1).
Are there verse guides for μήν (mḗn)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It months 11× Luke 1:24, Luke 1:56, Acts 7:20, Acts 19:8
month 4× Luke 1:26, Luke 1:36, Revelation 9:15, Revelation 22:2
. . . 3× Luke 4:25, Acts 18:11, James 5:17
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:24 μῆνας to months Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 1:26 μηνὶ to month Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Luke 1:36 μὴν to month Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 1:56 μῆνας to months Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 4:25 μῆνας to . . . Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 7:20 μῆνας to months Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 18:11 μῆνας to . . . Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 19:8 μῆνας to months Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 20:3 μῆνας to months Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 28:11 μῆνας to months Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:24
Aligned rows 18
Books represented 5
Luke 5 Acts 5 Galatians 1 James 1 Revelation 6
Source forms
μῆνας 14x mēnas Luke 1:24, Luke 1:56, Luke 4:25, Acts 7:20
μῆνα 2x mēna Revelation 9:15, Revelation 22:2
μὴν 1x mēn Luke 1:36
μηνὶ 1x mēni Luke 1:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 14x Luke 1:24, Luke 1:56, Luke 4:25, Acts 7:20
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Revelation 9:15, Revelation 22:2
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 1:26
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 1:36
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a month
Source Gloss
a month
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 18 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:24 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Luke 1:26 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
μηνὶ mhni
a month
Read verse Luke 1:36 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
μὴν mhn
a month
Read verse Luke 1:56 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Luke 4:25 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Acts 7:20 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Acts 18:11 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Acts 19:8 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Acts 20:3 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Acts 28:11 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Galatians 4:10 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας, mhnav
a month
Read verse James 5:17 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Revelation 9:5 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Revelation 9:10 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verse Revelation 9:15 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
μῆνα mhna
a month
Read verse Revelation 11:2 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
μῆνας mhnav
a month
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 19 Case pattern Accusative (16) Number pattern Plural (14)
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×
Heb 6:14 1×
Word Origins
μήν is a primary word - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain