Acts 17:32:6Acts.17.32.W6TAB
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
a-KOU-san-tes de a-NA-sta-sin ne-KRÔN hoi men e-KHLEU-a-dzon hoi de EI-pan a-kou-SO-me-tha sou pe-RI TOU-tou kai PA-lin
Exegesis
The subject is then split using the correlative particles men…de {μὲν… δὲ | mèn… dè}, yielding a contrastive structure: hoi men echleuazon {οἱ μὲν ἐχλεύαζον | hoi mèn ekhleúazon} ‘on the one hand, some were mocking’ and hoi de eipan {οἱ δὲ εἶπαν | hoi dè eîpan} ‘but on the other hand, others said’. The imperfect echleuazon portrays the mockery as ongoing or repeated, emphasizing scorn as a sustained reaction. The aorist eipan introduces direct speech, marking a decisive verbal response from the other group.
Root and etymology
seb-sigma–epsilon–beta
“to worship, revere”
In context — Acts 17:32
But when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some indeed mocked , but others said, “We will hear you again concerning this.”
About this coordinate
Acts 17:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 17:32, 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.17.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.32.W6.S1) and character.