μέν mén

Meaning

properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (δέ) (this one, the former, etc.)

In the King James Version: even, indeed, so, some, truly, verily

Derivation: a primary particle;

Where it is used

• 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
• 1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
• 1 Corinthians 3:4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
• 1 Corinthians 5:3 Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
• 1 Corinthians 6:4 So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?
• 1 Corinthians 6:7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
• 1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
• 1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
• 1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
• 1 Corinthians 11:7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
• 1 Corinthians 11:14 Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
• 1 Corinthians 11:18 First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
• 1 Corinthians 11:21 For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
• 1 Corinthians 12:8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
• 1 Corinthians 12:20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
• 1 Corinthians 12:28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
• 1 Corinthians 14:17 You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
• 1 Corinthians 15:39 Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
• 1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.
• 1 Corinthians 15:51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
• 2 Corinthians 2:16 To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
• 2 Corinthians 4:12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
• 2 Corinthians 8:17 For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.
• 2 Corinthians 9:1 Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
• 2 Corinthians 10:1 Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
• 2 Corinthians 10:10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
• 2 Corinthians 11:4 For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.
• 2 Corinthians 12:1 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 12:12 The marks of a true apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
• Galatians 2:9 And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
• Galatians 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
• Galatians 4:23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
• Galatians 4:24 These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
• Ephesians 4:11 And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
• Philippians 1:15 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.
• Philippians 1:16 The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
• Philippians 1:28 without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
• Philippians 2:23 So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.
• Philippians 3:1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
• Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
• Colossians 2:23 Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:18 For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
• 2 Timothy 1:10 And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
• 2 Timothy 2:20 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.
• 2 Timothy 4:4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
• Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
• Hebrews 1:7 Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
• Hebrews 3:5 Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
• Hebrews 6:16 Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
• Hebrews 7:2 and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
• Hebrews 7:5 Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
• Hebrews 7:8 In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.
• Hebrews 7:11 Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
• Hebrews 7:18 So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
• Hebrews 7:20 And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
• Hebrews 7:23 Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.
• Hebrews 8:4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
• Hebrews 9:1 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
• Hebrews 9:6 When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
• Hebrews 9:23 So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.