Acts 13:36:2Acts.13.36.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
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men
- sentence
da-UID men gar i-DI-a ge-ne-AI hy-pê-re-TÊ-sas têi tou the-OU bou-LÊi e-koi-MÊ-thê kai pro-se-TÊ-thê pros tous pa-TÉ-ras au-TOU kai EI-den di-a-phtho-RÁN
Exegesis
The verse places Dauid {Δαυὶδ | Dauíd} ‘David’ as the topical subject, marked by the explanatory conjunction men gár {μὲν γὰρ | mén gár} ‘for’.
Root and etymology
phobospho-bos | phi–omicron–beta–omicron–sigma
“fear, awe”
In context — Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, he fell asleep and was added to his fathers and saw corruption .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 13:36, 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 Acts.13.36.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.36.W2.S1) and character.