Greek particle · G3304
μενοῦνγε
menoungemen-oon'-geh
rather
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: menoûnge
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3304is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3304
so then at least
The King James renders it: nay but, yea doubtless (rather, verily).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
menounge is rendered "rather". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Luke 11:28μενοῦν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Romans.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- but rather1
- Indeed1
- No rather1
- rather1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μενοῦνγε3
- μενοῦν1
The grammar of each form
- particle4PRT
Luke
one use
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- μενοῦνmenounparticletagged: No rather
Romans
two uses
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
- μενοῦνγεmenoungeparticletagged: but rather
But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
- μενοῦνγεmenoungeparticletagged: Indeed
Philippians
one use
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- μενοῦνγεmenoungeparticletagged: rather
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.