Matthew 13:4:7Matt.13.4.W7TAB

μὲν

men

indeed

Transliteration
MEN
Extended
MEHN
IPA
/men/

Meaning by language

English
indeed

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    MEN

  2. sentence

    kai en tôi SPEI-rein au-TON HA MEN E-pe-sen pa-RA tên ho-DON kai el-THON-ta ta pe-tei-NA ka-TE-pha-gen au-TA

Exegesis

The relative pronoun ha {ἃ | ha} ‘which things’ together with the particle men {μὲν | mén} introduces the first item in a distributive sequence (‘some…’), preparing for further contrasting portions later in the parable.

Root and etymology

sylllegōsigma–upsilon–lambda–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omega

to gather together, collect

In contextMatthew 13:4

And as he was sowing, some indeed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

About this coordinate

Matthew 13:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 13:4, 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 Matt.13.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.4.W7.S1) and character.