Biblica Analytica
G3441 Greek

μόνος

monos

alone

Lexicon Entry

Definition
alone
Transliteration
monos
Strong's Number
G3441
Occurrences
113

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

The Greek word μόνος (monos) is defined as "alone." This word appears 113 times in the Bible, indicating its significance and frequency in the text. In its most basic sense, μόνος refers to a solitary state or condition, emphasizing the absence of others. The range of usage for μόνος is broad, encompassing various contexts such as time (e.g., a single day), place (e.g., a solitary location), and company (e.g., being alone without others). This word is often used to highlight the uniqueness or singularity of an event, person, or situation. For example, in the phrase "alone with God" (e.g., Luke 5:16), μόνος emphasizes the solitary nature of Jesus' spiritual experiences. The significance of μόνος lies in its ability to convey a sense of isolation, uniqueness, or intensity. By emphasizing the "alone" aspect of a situation, the word draws attention to the distinctive characteristics or circumstances involved. This nuance is essential in understanding various biblical passages, where μόνος helps to highlight the significance of a particular event or experience.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
G3441
Lemma
μόνος
Transliteration
monos
Definition
alone
Occurrences
113
Model
workers-ai
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

113 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

Matthew 5:47

If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

Matthew 8:8

The centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

Matthew 9:21

for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”

Matthew 12:4

how he entered into God’s house, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

Matthew 14:23

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

Matthew 14:36

and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.

Matthew 17:8

Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Matthew 21:19

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.

Matthew 21:21

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.

Matthew 24:36

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Mark 4:10

When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Mark 5:36

But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Don’t be afraid, only believe.”

Mark 6:8

He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,

Mark 6:47

When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land.

Mark 9:2

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.

Mark 9:8

Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.

Luke 9:18

As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”

Luke 4:4

Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ”

Luke 4:8

Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

Luke 5:21

The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

Luke 6:4

how he entered into God’s house, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?”

Luke 8:50

But Jesus hearing it, answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed.”

Luke 9:36

When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

Luke 10:40

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”

Luke 24:12

But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.

Luke 24:18

One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things which have happened there in these days?”

John 5:18

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

John 5:44

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 6:15

Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

John 6:22

On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.

John 8:9

They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.

John 8:16

Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

John 8:29

He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

John 12:9

A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

John 12:24

Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

John 13:9

Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”

John 16:32

Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

John 16:32

Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

John 17:3

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

John 17:20

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who will believe in me through their word,

Acts 8:16

for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

Acts 11:19

They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

Acts 18:25

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

Acts 19:26

You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.

Acts 19:27

Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”