μήν
mēn
month
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "μήν" (mēn) is defined as "month" in the lexicon data provided. This single-word term indicates a specific period or time frame within a year, corresponding to our modern understanding of a calendar month. The word "μήν" (mēn) occurs in the Bible 18 times, suggesting its significance in various contexts, including scheduling, timing, and seasonal arrangements. This frequency indicates its importance in everyday life, from agricultural cycles to social and religious events. The limited scope of the definition and usage data does not allow for further analysis of its nuances or connotations. However, the evidence suggests that this word was an essential concept in ancient Greek culture, as reflected in its consistent use throughout the biblical text.
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Occurrences in Scripture
18 total occurrences across the text
After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,
Luke 1:26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
Luke 1:36Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
Luke 1:56Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.
Luke 4:25But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
Acts 7:20At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
Acts 18:11He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Acts 19:8He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
Acts 20:3When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.
Acts 28:11After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was “The Twin Brothers.”
Galatians 4:10You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
James 5:17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.
Revelation 9:5They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.
Revelation 9:10They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
Revelation 9:15The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.
Revelation 11:2Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
Revelation 13:5A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.
Revelation 22:2in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.