Acts 7:20:13Acts.7.20.W13TAB
μῆνας
mênas
“months”
- Transliteration
- MÊ-nas
- Extended
- MÊ-nahs
- IPA
- /ˈmɛː.nas/
Meaning by language
- English
- months
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ-nas
- sentence
en hôi kai-RO e-gen-NEE-thê mô-yü-SÊS KAI ÊN a-STEI-os tôi the-Ô hos a-ne-TRÁ-phê MÊ-nas TREIS en tôi OI-kô tou pa-TROS
Exegesis
The relative pronoun hos {ὃς | hos} introduces a second relative clause hos anetraphē mēnas treis {ὃς ἀνετράφη μῆνας τρεῖς | hos anetráphē mênas treîs}, keeping Moses as the focus and summarizing his early nurturing with an aorist passive verb and an accusative of duration (‘three months’).
Root and etymology
mēnmu–eta–nu
“month”
In context — Acts 7:20
At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God ; he was brought up for three months in his father's house .
About this coordinate
Acts 7:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 7:20, so the Greek word μῆνας (mênas) 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.7.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.7.20.W13.S1) and character.