Greek adjective · G3439
μονογενής
monogenesmon-og-en-ace'
unique
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: monogenḗs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3439is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3439
only-born, i.e. sole
The King James renders it: only (begotten, child).
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
monogenes is rendered "unique". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 7:12As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
Luke 7:12μονογενὴς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- only begotten5
- an only1
- an only child1
- of an only begotten1
- one and only1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μόνος | monos | alone | Uses110 |
| μόνον | monon | only | Uses2 |
| μονόφθαλμος | monophthalmos | one-eyed | Uses2 |
| μονόω | monoo | to leave alone | Uses1 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- μονογενῆ3
- μονογενὴς3
- μονογενοῦς2
- μονογενής1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular3A-ASM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3A-NSM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2A-GSM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1A-NSF
Luke
three uses
As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
- μονογενὴςmonogenesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: only begotten
because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,
- μονογενὴςmonogenesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an only
Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.
- μονογενήςmonogenesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an only child
John
four uses
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- μονογενοῦςmonogenousadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of an only begotten
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- μονογενὴςmonogenesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: only begotten
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- μονογενῆmonogeneadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: only begotten
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- μονογενοῦςmonogenousadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: only begotten
Hebrews
one use
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
- μονογενῆmonogeneadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: only begotten
1 John
one use
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
- μονογενῆmonogeneadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: one and only
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.