Acts 28:5:2Acts.28.5.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
- word
men
- sentence
ho men oun a-po-ti-NA-ksas to thê-REE-on eis to pyr E-pa-then ou-DEN ka-KON
Exegesis
The verse begins with the discourse marker sequence ho men oun {ὁ μὲν οὖν | ho men oun}, where ho resumes the understood subject from context and men oun provides a mild contrastive and inferential transition, often rendered “so then.”
Root and etymology
ginoskogamma–iota–nu–omega–sigma–kappa–omega
“to know, recognize”
In context — Acts 28:5
So then, after he shook the creature into the fire, he suffered no harm .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 28:5, 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.28.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.5.W2.S1) and character.