μέν men · G3303

on the other hand

μέν, ; conjunctive particle (originally a form of μήν), usually related to a following δέ or other adversative conjunction, and distinguishing the word or clause with which it stands from that which follows. ; It is generally untranslatable and is not nearly so frequent in NT as in cl. Like δέ, it never stands first in a clause. ; 1. Answered by δέ or some other particle: μὲν . . . δέ, indeed . . . but, Mat.3:11, Luk.3:16, al.; with pronouns, ὃς μὲν . . . ὃς δέ, one . . . another, Mat.21:35, al.; pl., Php.1:16, 17; ὃ μὲν . . . ὃ δὲ . . . ὃ δέ, some . . . some . . . some, Mat.13:8; τοῦτο μὲν . . . τοῦτο δέ, partly . . . partly, Heb.10:33; μὲν . . . ἔπειτα, Jhn.11:6; μὲν . . . καί, Luk.8:5. ; …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

μέν, ; Particle, used partly to express certainty on the part of the speaker or writer; partly, and more commonly, to point out that the word or clause with which it stands is correlative to another word or clause that is to follow, the latter word or clause being introduced by δέ. ; A ; A.I μέν used absolutely to express certainty, not followed by correlative δέ, indeed, of a truth, synonymous with μήν, as appears from the Epic dialect and Ionic dialect form ἦ μέν in protestations and oaths …

Where it's used 193 times

Matthew 3:11 · Matthew 9:37 · Matthew 10:13 · Matthew 13:4 · Matthew 13:8 · Matthew 13:23 · Matthew 13:32 · Matthew 16:3 · Matthew 16:14 · Matthew 17:11 · Matthew 20:23 · Matthew 21:35 · Matthew 22:5 · Matthew 22:8 · Matthew 23:27 · Matthew 23:28 · Matthew 25:15 · Matthew 25:33 · Matthew 26:24 · Matthew 26:41 · Mark 1:8 · Mark 4:4 · Mark 9:12 · Mark 10:39 · Mark 12:5 · Mark 14:21 · Mark 14:38 · Mark 16:19 · Luke 3:16 · Luke 3:18 · Luke 8:5 · Luke 10:2 · Luke 10:6 · Luke 11:48 · Luke 13:9 · Luke 22:22 · Luke 23:33 · Luke 23:41 · Luke 23:56 · John 7:12 · John 10:41 · John 11:6 · John 16:9 · John 16:22 · John 19:24 · John 19:32 · John 20:30 · Acts 1:1 · Acts 1:5 · Acts 1:6 · Acts 1:18 · Acts 2:41 · Acts 3:13 · Acts 3:21 · Acts 3:22 · Acts 4:16 · Acts 5:23 · Acts 5:41 · Acts 8:4 · Acts 8:25 … and 133 more

Source: TBESG G3303; TFLSJ G3303

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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