1 Corinthians 14:17:21 Cor.14.17.W2TAB
μὲν
men
“indeed”
- Transliteration
- men
- Extended
- mehn
- IPA
- /men/
Meaning by language
- English
- indeed
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
men
- sentence
sy men gar ka-LOS eu-kha-ris-TEIS AL ho HE-te-ros ouk oi-ko-do-MEI-tai
Exegesis
Paul begins with the emphatic subject pronoun su {σὺ | sù} to highlight the addressee’s action, followed by the particle pair men gar {μὲν γὰρ | mèn gàr}, which together introduce a concessive causation.
Root and etymology
kitharizōkappa–iota–theta–alpha–rho–iota–zeta–omega
“to play the lyre or harp”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:17
For you indeed give thanks well, but the other person is not being built up.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Corinthians 14:17, so the Greek word μὲν (men) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.14.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.17.W2.S1) and character.