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Form 1

Part of speech: conj.

Sense 1: and, so, but often left untranslated.

Semantic entry: 91.3

Semantic domains: Discourse Markers

Subdomains: Markers of Transition

Definition: a marker of linkage in discourse

LUK 3:18: RV LUK 3:18 · LV LUK 3:18 · Read together LUK 3:18

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OET-RV LUK 3:18

18 Yohan preached the good message to the people and also encouraged them to change for the better.

OET-LV LUK 3:18

18 Therefore also exhorting many other things indeed, he _was _good _message _preaching to _the people.

ACT 1:6: RV ACT 1:6 · LV ACT 1:6 · Read together ACT 1:6

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OET-RV ACT 1:6

6 So when they were next gathered together, they asked him, “Master, is this now the time when you’ll be restoring the kingdom to Yisrael (Israel)?”

OET-LV ACT 1:6

6 Therefore indeed the ones having _come _together, were _asking him saying:
master, if at the this time, are _you _restoring the kingdom the to _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl)?

All 32 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 3:18 · LV LUK 3:18 · Read together LUK 3:18

ROM: RV ROM 1:8 · RV ROM 7:12 · LV ROM 1:8 · LV ROM 7:12 · Read together ROM 1:8 · Read together ROM 7:12

CO1: RV CO1 6:4 · RV CO1 12:28 · LV CO1 6:4 · LV CO1 12:28 · Read together CO1 6:4 · Read together CO1 12:28

CO2: RV CO2 8:17 · RV CO2 12:12 · LV CO2 8:17 · LV CO2 12:12 · Read together CO2 8:17 · Read together CO2 12:12

HEB: RV HEB 3:5 · RV HEB 7:5 · RV HEB 7:11 · RV HEB 8:4 · RV HEB 9:1 · RV HEB 11:15 · LV HEB 3:5 · LV HEB 7:5 · LV HEB 7:11 · LV HEB 8:4 · LV HEB 9:1 · LV HEB 11:15 · Read together HEB 3:5 · Read together HEB 7:5 · Read together HEB 7:11 · Read together HEB 8:4 · Read together HEB 9:1 · Read together HEB 11:15

Sense 2: then, indeed or frequently not translated but possibly reflected in the word order

Semantic entry: 91.6

Semantic domains: Discourse Markers

Subdomains: Markers of Emphasis

Definition: marker of relatively weak emphasis

MAT 9:37: RV MAT 9:37 · LV MAT 9:37 · Read together MAT 9:37

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OET-RV MAT 9:37

37 He said to his disciples, “The harvest is large, but there’s not enough workers.

OET-LV MAT 9:37

37 Then he _is _saying to _the apprentices/followers of _him:
On _one _hand the harvest is great, on _the _other _hand the workers are few,

MAT 17:11: RV MAT 17:11 · LV MAT 17:11 · Read together MAT 17:11

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OET-RV MAT 17:11

11 “In a way, Eliyah is coming,” he said, “and he’ll restore everything.

OET-LV MAT 17:11

11 And he answering said:
Aʸlias on _one _hand is _coming and will _be _restoring all things,

All 34 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 9:37 · RV MAT 17:11 · RV MAT 20:23 · RV MAT 22:8 · RV MAT 23:27–28 · RV MAT 26:24 · LV MAT 9:37 · LV MAT 17:11 · LV MAT 20:23 · LV MAT 22:8 · LV MAT 23:27–28 · LV MAT 26:24 · Read together MAT 9:37 · Read together MAT 17:11 · Read together MAT 20:23 · Read together MAT 22:8 · Read together MAT 23:27–28 · Read together MAT 26:24

MRK: RV MRK 9:12 · LV MRK 9:12 · Read together MRK 9:12

LUK: RV LUK 10:2 · RV LUK 13:9 · RV LUK 23:41 · LV LUK 10:2 · LV LUK 13:9 · LV LUK 23:41 · Read together LUK 10:2 · Read together LUK 13:9 · Read together LUK 23:41

JHN: RV JHN 11:6 · RV JHN 20:30 · LV JHN 11:6 · LV JHN 20:30 · Read together JHN 11:6 · Read together JHN 20:30

ACT: RV ACT 1:1 · RV ACT 3:21–22 · RV ACT 4:16 · RV ACT 5:41 · RV ACT 17:12 · RV ACT 21:39 · RV ACT 26:9 · RV ACT 27:21 · RV ACT 28:5 · RV ACT 28:22 · LV ACT 1:1 · LV ACT 3:21–22 · LV ACT 4:16 · LV ACT 5:41 · LV ACT 17:12 · LV ACT 21:39 · LV ACT 26:9 · LV ACT 27:21 · LV ACT 28:5 · LV ACT 28:22 · Read together ACT 1:1 · Read together ACT 3:21–22 · Read together ACT 4:16 · Read together ACT 5:41 · Read together ACT 17:12 · Read together ACT 21:39 · Read together ACT 26:9 · Read together ACT 27:21 · Read together ACT 28:5 · Read together ACT 28:22

ROM: RV ROM 3:2 · RV ROM 10:1 · RV ROM 11:13 · LV ROM 3:2 · LV ROM 10:1 · LV ROM 11:13 · Read together ROM 3:2 · Read together ROM 10:1 · Read together ROM 11:13

CO1: RV CO1 6:7 · RV CO1 11:18 · LV CO1 6:7 · LV CO1 11:18 · Read together CO1 6:7 · Read together CO1 11:18

CO2: RV CO2 12:1 · LV CO2 12:1 · Read together CO2 12:1

PHP: RV PHP 3:13 · LV PHP 3:13 · Read together PHP 3:13

COL: RV COL 2:23 · LV COL 2:23 · Read together COL 2:23

TH1: RV TH1 2:18 · LV TH1 2:18 · Read together TH1 2:18

JAM: RV JAM 3:17 · LV JAM 3:17 · Read together JAM 3:17

Sense 3: some … others, first … then

Semantic entry: 89.104

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Addition

Definition: a marker of two or more items which are additively related and thematically parallel

Collocations: μέν ... δέ

MAT 13:4: RV MAT 13:4 · LV MAT 13:4 · Read together MAT 13:4

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OET-RV MAT 13:4

4 As he was spreading the seed, some of it fell beside a path, and the birds come and ate that seed.

OET-LV MAT 13:4

4 And in the time to _be _sowing of _him, some on _one _hand fell along the road, and the birds came and devoured them.

MAT 13:8: RV MAT 13:8 · LV MAT 13:8 · Read together MAT 13:8

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OET-RV MAT 13:8

8 However, some seed landed on the good soil, and it grew to bear a harvest—some a hundred times more, some sixty times, and some thirty times.

OET-LV MAT 13:8

8 On _the _other _hand others fell on the the good soil, and was _giving fruit, some on _one _hand a_hundred, on _the _other _hand some sixty, on _the _other _hand some thirty.

All 22 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:4 · RV MAT 13:8 · RV MAT 13:23 · RV MAT 16:14 · RV MAT 21:35 · RV MAT 22:5 · RV MAT 25:15 · LV MAT 13:4 · LV MAT 13:8 · LV MAT 13:23 · LV MAT 16:14 · LV MAT 21:35 · LV MAT 22:5 · LV MAT 25:15 · Read together MAT 13:4 · Read together MAT 13:8 · Read together MAT 13:23 · Read together MAT 16:14 · Read together MAT 21:35 · Read together MAT 22:5 · Read together MAT 25:15

MRK: RV MRK 12:5 · LV MRK 12:5 · Read together MRK 12:5

LUK: RV LUK 23:33 · LV LUK 23:33 · Read together LUK 23:33

ACT: RV ACT 27:44 · LV ACT 27:44 · Read together ACT 27:44

CO1: RV CO1 1:12 · RV CO1 1:23 · RV CO1 7:7 · RV CO1 11:21 · RV CO1 12:8 · LV CO1 1:12 · LV CO1 1:23 · LV CO1 7:7 · LV CO1 11:21 · LV CO1 12:8 · Read together CO1 1:12 · Read together CO1 1:23 · Read together CO1 7:7 · Read together CO1 11:21 · Read together CO1 12:8

EPH: RV EPH 4:11 · LV EPH 4:11 · Read together EPH 4:11

TI2: RV TI2 4:4 · LV TI2 4:4 · Read together TI2 4:4

HEB: RV HEB 7:2 · RV HEB 10:33 · LV HEB 7:2 · LV HEB 10:33 · Read together HEB 7:2 · Read together HEB 10:33

JDE: RV JDE 1:8 · RV JDE 1:10 · RV JDE 1:22 · LV JDE 1:8 · LV JDE 1:10 · LV JDE 1:22 · Read together JDE 1:8 · Read together JDE 1:10 · Read together JDE 1:22

Sense 4: on the one hand … but on the other hand

Semantic entry: 89.136

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Contrast

Definition: a marker of sets of items in contrast with one another

Collocations: μέν ... δέ

MAT 3:11: RV MAT 3:11 · LV MAT 3:11 · Read together MAT 3:11

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OET-RV MAT 3:11

11 I’m immersing people in water as a sign that they’re turning away from their sins, but there’s another one coming after me who’s greater than me—so much so that I’m not even worthy to carry his sandals. He’ll immerse you in the holy spirit and with fire.

OET-LV MAT 3:11

11 I on _one _hand am _immersing you _all in water to repentance, on _the _other _hand the one coming after me is mightier than me, of _whom not I _am worthy to _bear the sandals.
He will _be _immersing you _all in the_ holy _spirit and with _fire.

MAT 10:13: RV MAT 10:13 · LV MAT 10:13 · Read together MAT 10:13

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OET-RV MAT 10:13

13 and if the house is worthy of it, your peace is to come into it, but if not, your peace is to return to you.

OET-LV MAT 10:13

13 And if on _one _hand the house may _be worthy, let_ the peace of _you _all _come on it, on _the _other _hand if may _be not worthy, let_ the peace of _you _all _be _returned to you _all.

All 84 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 3:11 · RV MAT 10:13 · RV MAT 13:32 · RV MAT 16:3 · RV MAT 25:33 · RV MAT 26:41 · LV MAT 3:11 · LV MAT 10:13 · LV MAT 13:32 · LV MAT 16:3 · LV MAT 25:33 · LV MAT 26:41 · Read together MAT 3:11 · Read together MAT 10:13 · Read together MAT 13:32 · Read together MAT 16:3 · Read together MAT 25:33 · Read together MAT 26:41

MRK: RV MRK 14:21 · RV MRK 14:38 · RV MRK 16:19 · LV MRK 14:21 · LV MRK 14:38 · LV MRK 16:19 · Read together MRK 14:21 · Read together MRK 14:38 · Read together MRK 16:19

LUK: RV LUK 3:16 · RV LUK 11:48 · RV LUK 23:56 · LV LUK 3:16 · LV LUK 11:48 · LV LUK 23:56 · Read together LUK 3:16 · Read together LUK 11:48 · Read together LUK 23:56

JHN: RV JHN 7:12 · RV JHN 10:41 · RV JHN 16:9 · RV JHN 16:22 · RV JHN 19:24 · RV JHN 19:32 · LV JHN 7:12 · LV JHN 10:41 · LV JHN 16:9 · LV JHN 16:22 · LV JHN 19:24 · LV JHN 19:32 · Read together JHN 7:12 · Read together JHN 10:41 · Read together JHN 16:9 · Read together JHN 16:22 · Read together JHN 19:24 · Read together JHN 19:32

CO1: RV CO1 1:18 · RV CO1 3:4 · RV CO1 5:3 · RV CO1 9:24–25 · RV CO1 11:7 · RV CO1 11:14 · RV CO1 12:20 · RV CO1 15:39–40 · LV CO1 1:18 · LV CO1 3:4 · LV CO1 5:3 · LV CO1 9:24–25 · LV CO1 11:7 · LV CO1 11:14 · LV CO1 12:20 · LV CO1 15:39–40 · Read together CO1 1:18 · Read together CO1 3:4 · Read together CO1 5:3 · Read together CO1 9:24–25 · Read together CO1 11:7 · Read together CO1 11:14 · Read together CO1 12:20 · Read together CO1 15:39–40

CO2: RV CO2 2:16 · RV CO2 9:1 · RV CO2 10:1 · RV CO2 10:10 · LV CO2 2:16 · LV CO2 9:1 · LV CO2 10:1 · LV CO2 10:10 · Read together CO2 2:16 · Read together CO2 9:1 · Read together CO2 10:1 · Read together CO2 10:10

GAL: RV GAL 4:8 · RV GAL 4:23–24 · LV GAL 4:8 · LV GAL 4:23–24 · Read together GAL 4:8 · Read together GAL 4:23–24

PHP: RV PHP 1:15 · RV PHP 1:17 · RV PHP 2:23 · RV PHP 3:1 · LV PHP 1:15 · LV PHP 1:17 · LV PHP 2:23 · LV PHP 3:1 · Read together PHP 1:15 · Read together PHP 1:17 · Read together PHP 2:23 · Read together PHP 3:1

TI2: RV TI2 1:10 · RV TI2 2:20 · LV TI2 1:10 · LV TI2 2:20 · Read together TI2 1:10 · Read together TI2 2:20

HEB: RV HEB 1:7 · RV HEB 7:8 · RV HEB 7:18 · RV HEB 7:20 · RV HEB 7:23 · RV HEB 9:6 · RV HEB 9:23 · RV HEB 10:11 · RV HEB 12:9–11 · LV HEB 1:7 · LV HEB 7:8 · LV HEB 7:18 · LV HEB 7:20 · LV HEB 7:23 · LV HEB 9:6 · LV HEB 9:23 · LV HEB 10:11 · LV HEB 12:9–11 · Read together HEB 1:7 · Read together HEB 7:8 · Read together HEB 7:18 · Read together HEB 7:20 · Read together HEB 7:23 · Read together HEB 9:6 · Read together HEB 9:23 · Read together HEB 10:11 · Read together HEB 12:9–11

PE1: RV PE1 1:20 · RV PE1 2:4 · RV PE1 3:18 · RV PE1 4:6 · LV PE1 1:20 · LV PE1 2:4 · LV PE1 3:18 · LV PE1 4:6 · Read together PE1 1:20 · Read together PE1 2:4 · Read together PE1 3:18 · Read together PE1 4:6

Sense 5: on the one hand … but on the other hand

Semantic entry: 89.136

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Contrast

Definition: a marker of sets of items in contrast with one another

Collocations: μέν ... ἀλλά

ROM 14:20: RV ROM 14:20 · LV ROM 14:20 · Read together ROM 14:20

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OET-RV ROM 14:20

20 don’t tear down God’s work just on account of food. Indeed, all foods are ‘clean,’ but it’s wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

OET-LV ROM 14:20

20 Not on _account food, be _tearing _down the work of_ the _god.
All things indeed clean are, but evil to _the person which through a_stumbling block eating.

CO1 14:17: RV CO1 14:17 · LV CO1 14:17 · Read together CO1 14:17

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OET-RV CO1 14:17

17 Yes, you’d certainly give thanks well, but the other people wouldn’t be encouraged.

OET-LV CO1 14:17

17 You for indeed well are _giving _thanks, but the other one not is _being _built.

Sense 6: on the one hand … but on the other hand

Semantic entry: 89.136

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Contrast

Definition: a marker of sets of items in contrast with one another

Collocations: μέν ... πλήν

LUK 22:22: RV LUK 22:22 · LV LUK 22:22 · Read together LUK 22:22

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OET-RV LUK 22:22

22 Now, the son of humanity has to endure what’s been previously designated, but on the other hand, it won’t end well for the man who turns him in.”

OET-LV LUK 22:22

22 Because on _one _hand the son of_ the _man is _going according _to the place having _been _designated, on _the _other _hand woe to_ the that _man by whom he _is _being _given _over.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μέν

Form 1

Sense 1: and, so, but often left untranslated.

Sense 2: then, indeed or frequently not translated but possibly reflected in the word order

Sense 3: some … others, first … then

Sense 4: on the one hand … but on the other hand

Sense 5: on the one hand … but on the other hand

Sense 6: on the one hand … but on the other hand