John 19:32:7John.19.32.W7TAB
μὲν
men
“indeed”
- Transliteration
- MEN
- Extended
- MEN
- 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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KAI TOU MEN PRÔ-tou ka-TE-a-ksan TA SKE-lê KAI TOU AL-lou TOU sy-stau-rô-THEN-tos au-TÔ
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ÊL-thon OUN hoi stra-ti-Ô-tai KAI TOU MEN PRÔ-tou ka-TE-a-ksan TA SKE-lê KAI TOU AL-lou TOU sy-stau-rô-THEN-tos au-TÔ
Exegesis
The genitive construction tou men protou {τοῦ μὲν πρώτου | tou men prō-tou} ‘of the first’ employs the particle men {μὲν | men} to establish the first in a pair, anticipating the corresponding tou allou {τοῦ ἄλλου | tou ál-lou} ‘of the other’, so that the two crucified men are treated in deliberate sequence.
In context — John 19:32
Therefore the soldiers came, and they broke the legs of the first man and of the other who had been crucified with Him .
About this coordinate
John 19:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 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 John.19.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.32.W7.S1) and character.