Definition
on the one hand, indeed
Vocabulary Form
μέν
Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
179
GK
3525
Mnemonics
Men's hands
Notes
Postpositive. Sometimes this word is untranslatable. It can occur as a correlative conjunction with δέ. In this case you can translate μέν ... δέ as "on the one hand ... but on the other." English generally does not require the "on the one hand" to be translated but it is a matter of style.
Biblical Concordance
| 1 Corinthians 12:8 | For to one is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge according to the same Spirit, |
| 1 Corinthians 12:20 | But as it is, there are many members, but one body. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:28 | And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those able to help others, those who can provide guidance, and various kinds of tongues. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:17 | For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being edified. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:39 | Not all flesh is the same; people have one kind, animals another, birds another, fish another. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:40 | And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of heavenly bodies is of one kind and the glory of earthly bodies is of another. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:16 | we are a deadly fume that kills, but to the former we are a life-giving fragrance that brings life. And who is adequate for ministry like this? |
| 2 Corinthians 8:17 | because he not (men | μέν | particle) only (men | μέν | particle) accepted our request, but being very eager and acting on his own initiative, he is on his way to you. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:1 | Now concerning the service to the saints, there is no necessity for me to write to you, |
| 2 Corinthians 10:1 | Now I, Paul myself, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ — I who when present am “timid” among you, but when away am “bold” toward you. |
| 2 Corinthians 10:10 | For some are saying, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak, and his rhetoric amounts to nothing.” |
| 2 Corinthians 11:4 | For if one comes and proclaims a different Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or if you welcome a different spirit which you did not welcome, or a different gospel which you did not welcome, you put up with it easily. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:1 | It is necessary for me to continue boasting. Though (men | μέν | particle) it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:12 | The marks of an apostle were done among you with all persistence, along with signs and wonders and powerful deeds. |
| Galatians 4:8 | Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods. |
| Galatians 4:23 | The son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born as the result of promise. |
| Galatians 4:24 | This may be interpreted allegorically, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to be slaves; she is Hagar. |
| Ephesians 4:11 | And it was he who gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, |
| Philippians 1:15 | To (men | μέν | particle) be (men | μέν | particle) sure (men | μέν | particle), some are proclaiming Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of goodwill. |
| Philippians 1:16 | The latter (men | μέν | particle) do it out of love, knowing that I am here for the defense of the gospel. |
| Philippians 2:23 | Therefore I hope to send him just as soon as I see how things will turn out for me; |
| Philippians 3:1 | Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again to you is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you. |
| Philippians 3:13 | Brothers, I do not consider to have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching out to what lies ahead, |
| Colossians 2:23 | Such regulations indeed (men | μέν | particle) have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed religious piety, false humility, and harsh control over the body, but they actually lead to the gratification of the flesh. |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:18 | For we wanted to come to you — I, Paul, time and again — but Satan hindered us. |