Acts 26:9:2Acts.26.9.W2TAB
μὲν
men
“indeed”
- Transliteration
- MEN
- Extended
- MEHN
- IPA
- /ˈmen/
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
e-GO MEN OUN E-dok-sa e-mau-TOI pros to O-no-ma ee-AY-SOO tou na-zō-ra-EE-ou DEIN pol-LA e-nan-TI-a PRAK-sai
Exegesis
The sentence begins with egō men oun {Ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν | egṓ mèn oûn} ‘I indeed therefore’, a marked word order that fronts the explicit subject egō to heighten personal emphasis and uses men to anticipate contrast.
Root and etymology
exaireōepsilon–xi–alpha–iota–rho–epsilon–omega
“to take out, remove, rescue”
In context — Acts 26:9
I indeed therefore thought to myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene .
About this coordinate
Acts 26:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 26:9, 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.26.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.9.W2.S1) and character.