Acts 19:32:2Acts.19.32.W2TAB

μὲν

men

indeed

Transliteration
MEN
Extended
MEHN
IPA
/ˈmen/

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

    AL-loi MEN OUN AL-lo ti E-kra-zon EEN gar hê ek-klê-SI-a syn-ge-khy-ME-nê kai hoi PLEI-ous ouk ÊI-dei-san TI-nos HE-ne-ka sy-ne-lê-LY-thei-san

Exegesis

The verse begins with the nominative plural subject alloi {ἄλλοι | ál-loi} followed by the particle men {μὲν | mèn} and the inferential oun {οὖν | oûn}, forming the discourse marker alloi men oun ‘so some indeed’, which connects this scene to the prior disturbance and introduces a contrastive distribution.

Root and etymology

dialegomaidelta–iota–alpha–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

to converse, discuss

In contextActs 19:32

Therefore, some were crying out one thing and others another, for the assembly was confused , and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.

About this coordinate

Acts 19:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 19:32, 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.19.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.32.W2.S1) and character.