Lexical Definition
μήν mḗn (mane) month G:N-M
a primary word
month.
- a month
Abbott-Smith
μήν, gen., μηνός, ὁ, [in LXX very freq. for חֹדֶשׁ, Ge 7:11, al.; a few times for יֶרַח;]
a month: Lk 1:24, 26, 36, 56 4:25, Ac 7:20 18:11 19:8 20:3 28:11, Ja 5:17, Re 9:5, 10, 15 11:2 13:5 22:2; pl., of the festival of the new moon (cf. Is 66:23), Ga 4:10.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 7:11 |
| Isaiah | 66:23 |
| Luke | 1:24 · 1:26 · 1:36 · 1:56 · 4:25 |
| Acts | 7:20 · 18:11 · 19:8 · 20:3 · 28:11 |
| Galatians | 4:10 |
| James | 5:17 |
| Revelation | 9:5 · 9:10 · 9:15 · 11:2 · 13:5 · 22:2 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
Included with: μήν, μηνός, ὁ,
nominative singular μήν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect μής [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Elean μεύς [Refs]: nominative singular μήν [LXX+8th c.BC+]; both μήν and μήν in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: oblique cases formed from stem μην-, Aeolic dialect μηνν- [Refs], Thess. μεινν- [Refs]; dative plural μησί [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—month, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μηνὸς τετάρτῃ φθίνοντος on the fourth day from the end of the month, Foed. cited in [same work][Refs]; Μαιμακτηριῶνος δεκάτῃ ἀπιόντος, i.e. on the 21st, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μηνῶν φθινὰς ἁμέρα the last of the month, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός at the end of the lunar month (when there was no moon-light), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκείνου τοῦ μηνός in the course of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ μῆνα monthly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον, κατὰ μῆνας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκάστου μηνός[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ μηνός alone, by the month, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόκον δραχμὴν τοῦ μ. τῆς μνᾶς interest a drachma per mina per month, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ. πλήρης, κοῖλος, civil month of 30 or 29 days respectively, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; μ. ἐμβόλιμος intercalary month, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 crescent moon, Thphr. [prev. cited] (μήν); the part of the month corresponding to a phase of the moon, [μήν and μήν)">Refs]; the visible part of the moon, Chrysipp. [prev. cited] (μήν).
__3 ornament in form of crescent moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b ={μηνίσκος} 1, probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II as proper name, the god [Refs 5th c.BC+] stem mēns- 'moon', 'month', cf. Latin mensis, genitive plural mensum, etc.)
LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.1Kgs.20.24*