Acts 13:4:2Acts.13.4.W2TAB

μὲν

men

indeed

Transliteration
men
Extended
meh-n
IPA
/men/

Meaning by language

English
indeed

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    men

  2. sentence

    au-TOI men oun ek-pem-PHEN-tes hy-PO tou ha-GI-ou PNEU-ma-tos ka-TÊL-thon eis se-LEU-kei-an e-KEI-then te a-PE-pleu-san eis KY-pron

Exegesis

The verse begins with the emphatic subject pronoun autoi {Αὐτοὶ | Au-toí} combined with the particles men {μὲν | mén} and oun {οὖν | oûn} to indicate a transition.

Root and etymology

phobospho-bos | phi–omicron–beta–omicron–sigma

fear, awe

In contextActs 13:4

Therefore, they, having been sent out by the Holy Spirit , went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus .

About this coordinate

Acts 13:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 13:4, 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.13.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.4.W2.S1) and character.