What does μόνον (mónon) mean in the Bible?
μόνον (mónon): Exclusive focus or restriction: only this, nothing else—often contrasts what is included versus excluded.
Greek · G3440
μόνον
Merely
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μόνον G3440
Pronunciation mónon
What does μόνον (mónon) mean in the Bible?
μόνον (mónon): Exclusive focus or restriction: only this, nothing else—often contrasts what is included versus excluded.
Full entry for μόνον (G3440) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3440?
The BSB source-word alignment has 67 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include only (43), . . . (6), just (5), alone (4), but (2).
Where does μόνον (mónon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:47. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (11), Acts (8), Matthew (8), Galatians (6).
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 only 43× Matthew 5:47, Matthew 9:21, Matthew 21:21, John 5:18
. . . 6× Matthew 17:8, Matthew 21:19, Mark 6:8, Mark 9:8
just 5× Matthew 8:8, Matthew 14:36, Mark 5:36, Luke 8:50
alone 4× John 17:20, 1 Corinthians 15:19, James 2:24, 1 John 5:6
but 2× Galatians 5:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:7
- 1× Acts 11:19
[ They consist ] only 1× Hebrews 9:10
[They] only [ do this ] 1× Galatians 6:12
[They] only [asked us] 1× Galatians 2:10
as long as 1× 1 Corinthians 7:39
even 1× Matthew 10:42
Nevertheless 1× Philippians 1:27
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:47 μόνον to only Adverb Matthew 8:8 μόνον to just Adverb Matthew 9:21 μόνον to only Adverb Matthew 10:42 μόνον to even Adverb Matthew 14:36 μόνον to just Adverb Matthew 17:8 μόνον to . . . Adverb Matthew 21:19 μόνον to . . . Adverb Matthew 21:21 μόνον to only Adverb Mark 5:36 μόνον to just Adverb Mark 6:8 μόνον to . . . Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:47
Aligned rows 67
Books represented 19
Matthew 8 Mark 3 Luke 1 John 5 Acts 8 Romans 11 1 Corinthians 2 2 Corinthians 5 Galatians 6 Ephesians 1 Philippians 3 1 Thessalonians 3 2 Thessalonians 1 1 Timothy 1 2 Timothy 2 Hebrews 2 James 2 1 Peter 1 1 John 2
Source forms
μόνον 66x monon Matthew 5:47, Matthew 8:8, Matthew 9:21, Matthew 10:42
Μόνον 1x Monon Philippians 1:27
Parsing patterns
Adverb 67x Matthew 5:47, Matthew 8:8, Matthew 9:21, Matthew 10:42
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Exclusive focus or restriction: only this, nothing else—often contrasts what is included versus excluded.
Strong's G3440
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 68 times 16 shown below Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
merely
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 68 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:47 Adverb
μόνον, monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Matthew 8:8 Adverb
μόνον monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Matthew 9:21 Adverb
μόνον monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Matthew 10:42 Adverb
μόνον monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Matthew 14:36 Adverb
μόνον monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Matthew 17:8 Adverb
μόνον. monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Matthew 21:19 Adverb
μόνον· monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Matthew 21:21 Adverb
μόνον monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Mark 5:36 Adverb
μόνον monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Mark 6:8 Adverb
μόνον· monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Mark 9:8 Adverb
μόνον monon
alone, but, only
Read verse Luke 8:50 Adverb
μόνον monon
alone, but, only
Read verse John 5:18 Adverb
μόνον monon
alone, but, only
Read verse John 11:52 Adverb
μόνον, monon
alone, but, only
Read verse John 12:9 Adverb
μόνον, monon
alone, but, only
Read verse John 13:9 Adverb
μόνον, monon
alone, but, only
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 10:42 · Phil 1:29 2×
Word Origins
μόνον is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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