Mark 14:21:3Mark.14.21.W3TAB
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
HO-ti ho MEN hy-OS tou an-THRŌ-pou hy-PA-gei ka-THŌS GE-gra-ptai pe-RI au-TOU ou-AI de tōi an-THRŌ-pōi e-KEI-nōi di hou ho hy-OS tou an-THRŌ-pou pa-ra-DI-do-tai ka-LON au-TŌi ei ouk e-ge-NNÊ-thē ho AN-thrō-pos e-KEI-nos
Exegesis
The construction ho men huios tou anthropou {ὁ μὲν υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου | ho men huï-ós tou anth-rṓ-pou} uses the particle men to set up one side of an implicit contrast, with the title ‘Son of Man’ functioning as the subject.
Root and etymology
stronnumisigma–tau–rho–omega–nu–nu–upsilon–mu–iota
“to spread out, to furnish”
In context — Mark 14:21
For the Son of Man indeed goes just as it has been written about Him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed; it would have been good for him if that man had not been born.
About this coordinate
Mark 14:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 14:21, 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 Mark.14.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.21.W3.S1) and character.