Romans 14:5:2Rom.14.5.W2TAB

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

    hos men KREE-nei hê-ME-ran par hê-ME-ran hos de KREE-nei PA-san hê-ME-ran HE-ka-stos en tôi i-DEE-ō no-I plê-ro-pho-REIS-thō

Exegesis

The verse begins with the correlative construction hos men {Ὃς μὲν | hós mèn} ‘one person indeed’ and hos de {ὃς δὲ | hós dè} ‘another but’, a balanced pair of clauses presenting two alternative patterns of evaluation.

Root and etymology

zaōzeta–alpha–omega

to live, be alive

In contextRomans 14:5

One person considers one day above another, but another considers every day alike. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind .

About this coordinate

Romans 14:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Romans 14:5, 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 Rom.14.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.5.W2.S1) and character.