μέν in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) truly, certainly, surely, indeed
Part of Speech: particle

Strong

G3303
A primary particle; properly indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (this one, the former, etc.: - even, indeed, so, some, truly, verily. Often compounded with other particles in an intensive or asseverative sense.

Louw-Nida

Gloss	Section
a some . . . others	89.104
on the one hand . . . on the other hand	89.136
b on the one hand . . . on the other hand	89.136
on the one hand . . . on the other hand	89.136
a and	91.3
b indeed	91.6

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBL

Westcott/Hort

Tischendorf

Byzantine

Total	178
μὲν	conjunction	148
μέν	conjunction	8
μὲν	particle	22

Total	181
μὲν	particle	172
μέν	particle	8
μεν	particle	1

Total	177
μὲν	particle	169
μέν	particle	8

Total	194
μὲν	particle	183
μέν	particle	11

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