Greek · G3441 · unreviewed

μόνος

Alone

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μόνος G3441

Pronunciation mónos

What does μόνος (mónos) mean in the Bible?

μόνος (mónos) is a Greek word meaning "alone". μόνος, -η, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for לְבַד ;] __1.

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Meaning

alone

Extended definition

Emphasizes exclusive solitude or singularity; theologically, God's unique, incomparable oneness distinct from all creation.

1adj., alone, solitary, forsaken: with verb., Mat.14:23, Mrk.6:47, Luk.9:36, al.; with pron., Mat.18:15, Mrk.9:2, al.; with subst., Mrk.9:8, Luk.4:8, al.; pleonast., οὐκ . . . εἰ μὴ μ., Mat.12:4, Luk.6:4, al.; attrib., only, (ὁ) μ. θεός, Jhn.5:44 17:3, Rom.16:27, 1Ti.1:17, Ju 25.

2As adv.,

aneut., (μόνον, alone, only: referring to verb or predic., Mat.9:21, Mrk.5:36, Jas.1:22, al. (see Bl., §44, 2); οὐ (μὴ) μ., Gal.4:18, Jas.1:22; οὐ μ. . . . ἀλλά (Bl, §77, 13.3), Act.19:26, 1Jn.5:6, al.; id. before καί (Bl., §81, 1.2), Rom.5:3 9:10, 2Co.8:19, al.;

bκατὰ μόνας, alone (Bl., §44, 1), Mrk.4:10, Luk.9:18.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:23 · Matt 24:36 · Mark 6:47 · Luke 5:21 · Luke 9:36 · Luke 24:18 · John 6:15 · John 8:16 · John 12:24 · John 16:32 · Rom 11:3 · Rom 16:4 · 1 Cor 9:6 · 1 Tim 6:15 · 1 Tim 6:16 · 2 Tim 4:11 19×

Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 6:22 · Phil 4:15 · Col 4:11 · 1 Thess 3:1 4×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 18:15 · John 5:44 2×

Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:4 · Matt 4:10 · Luke 4:4 · Luke 4:8 · 1 Tim 1:17 · Jude 1:25 6×

Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:4 1×

Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:47 · Matt 8:8 · Matt 9:21 · Matt 14:36 · Matt 21:19 · Matt 21:21 · Mark 5:36 · Mark 6:8 · Luke 8:50 · John 5:18 · John 11:52 · John 13:9 · John 17:20 · Acts 8:16 · Acts 11:19 · Acts 18:25 60×

Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 17:8 · Mark 9:8 · John 8:29 · John 12:9 · John 16:32 · John 17:3 · Acts 26:29 · Rom 4:23 · Gal 6:4 · Phil 2:27 · Jude 1:4 11×

Accusative · Plural · Masculine Mark 9:2 · Luke 6:4 · 1 Cor 14:36 3×

Accusative · Plural · Feminine Mark 4:10 · Luke 9:18 2×

Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 10:40 1×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses

Luke 9:28-36 alone mónos Nominative · Singular · Masculine

Jesus alone with disciples on mountain, solitary setting for transfiguration event

Luke 10:38-42 alone mónos Accusative · Singular · Feminine

Sitting alone at Jesus' feet, emphasizing sole focus on listening to his word

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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