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μόνον
mónon · Greek · Strong's G3440 · 66 occurrences
The KJV renders 14 different Hebrew and Greek words as “but”
What it means
merely
neuter of G3441 (μόνος) as adverb;
How the KJV renders it
alone, but, only
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“but”
“only”
Questions this word decides
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
- What does John 3:5 mean ('born of water and Spirit')?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- What does James 2:24 mean ('justified by works and not by faith alone')?
- Is the rapture biblical?
Where it appears
66 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 7:39 ADV1 Corinthians 15:19 ADV1 John 2:2 ADV1 John 5:6 ADV1 Peter 2:18 ADV1 Thessalonians 1:5 ADV1 Thessalonians 1:8 ADV1 Thessalonians 2:8 ADV1 Timothy 5:13 ADV2 Corinthians 7:7 ADV2 Corinthians 8:10 ADV2 Corinthians 8:19 ADV2 Corinthians 8:21 ADV2 Corinthians 9:12 ADV2 Thessalonians 2:7 ADV2 Timothy 2:20 ADV2 Timothy 4:8 ADVActs 8:16 ADVActs 11:19 ADVActs 18:25 ADVActs 19:26 ADVActs 19:27 ADVActs 21:13 ADVActs 26:29 ADVActs 27:10 ADVEphesians 1:21 ADVGalatians 1:23 ADVGalatians 2:10 ADVGalatians 3:2 ADVGalatians 4:18 ADVGalatians 5:13 ADVGalatians 6:12 ADVHebrews 9:10 ADVHebrews 12:26 ADVJames 1:22 ADVJames 2:24 ADVJohn 5:18 ADVJohn 11:52 ADVJohn 12:9 ADVJohn 13:9 ADVJohn 17:20 ADVLuke 8:50 ADVMatthew 5:47 ADVMatthew 8:8 ADVMatthew 9:21 ADVMatthew 10:42 ADVMatthew 14:36 ADVMatthew 17:8 ADVMatthew 21:19 ADVMatthew 21:21 ADVMark 5:36 ADVMark 6:8 ADVPhilippians 1:27 ADVPhilippians 1:29 ADVPhilippians 2:12 ADVRomans 1:32 ADVRomans 3:29 ADVRomans 4:12 ADVRomans 4:16 ADVRomans 4:23 ADV
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.