Strong's Greek: 3440. μόνον (monon) -- only, alone

Strong's Lexicon

monon: only, alone

Original Word: μόνον
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: monon
Pronunciation: MOH-non
Phonetic Spelling: (mon'-on)
Definition: only, alone
Meaning: alone, but, only.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word μόνος (monos), meaning "alone" or "only."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "monon," the concept of exclusivity or singularity can be found in Hebrew words like "אַךְ" (ak, Strong's H389) meaning "surely" or "only," and "לְבַד" (levad, Strong's H905) meaning "alone."

Usage: The adverb "monon" is used in the New Testament to emphasize exclusivity or singularity. It often serves to highlight a particular point or condition, indicating that something is the sole focus or requirement. It can be used to restrict or limit a statement to one particular aspect or condition.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, emphasis on singularity or exclusivity was often used in rhetoric and writing to clarify arguments or to stress the importance of a particular point. The use of "monon" in the New Testament reflects this rhetorical style, serving to focus the reader's attention on a specific truth or command.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
adverb from monos
Definition
merely
NASB Translation
only (53), simply (2).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

alone, but, only.

Neuter of monos as adverb; merely -- alone, but, only.

see GREEK monos

Forms and Transliterations

μονον μόνον μονόρχις μονώτατον monon mónon

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Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 5:47 Adv
GRK: ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν μόνον τί περισσὸν
NAS: If you greet only your brothers, what
KJV: your brethren only, what do
INT: brothers of you only what extraordinary

Matthew 8:8 Adv
GRK: εἰσέλθῃς ἀλλὰ μόνον εἰπὲ λόγῳ
KJV: speak the word only, and my
INT: you should come but only speak the word

Matthew 9:21 Adv
GRK: ἑαυτῇ Ἐὰν μόνον ἅψωμαι τοῦ
NAS: If I only touch
KJV: If I may but touch his
INT: herself If only I shall touch the

Matthew 10:42 Adv
GRK: ποτήριον ψυχροῦ μόνον εἰς ὄνομα
KJV: a cup of cold [water] only in the name
INT: a cup of cold [water] only in [the] name

Matthew 14:36 Adv
GRK: αὐτὸν ἵνα μόνον ἅψωνται τοῦ
KJV: that they might only touch the hem
INT: him that only they might touch the

Matthew 17:8 Adv
GRK: αὐτὸν Ἰησοῦν μόνον
INT: himself Jesus alone

Matthew 21:19 Adv
GRK: μὴ φύλλα μόνον καὶ λέγει
NAS: leaves only; and He said
KJV: but leaves only, and said
INT: not leaves only And he says

Matthew 21:21 Adv
GRK: διακριθῆτε οὐ μόνον τὸ τῆς
NAS: and do not doubt, you will not only do
KJV: do this [which is done] to the fig tree,
INT: do doubt not only the [miracle] of the

Mark 5:36 Adv
GRK: Μὴ φοβοῦ μόνον πίστευε
NAS: Do not be afraid [any] [longer], only believe.
KJV: not afraid, only believe.
INT: Not fear only believe

Mark 6:8 Adv
GRK: μὴ ῥάβδον μόνον μὴ ἄρτον
KJV: save a staff only; no scrip,
INT: not a staff only no bread

Mark 9:8 Adj-AMS
GRK: τὸν Ἰησοῦν μόνον
INT: Jesus alone

Luke 8:50 Adv
GRK: Μὴ φοβοῦ μόνον πίστευσον καὶ
NAS: him, Do not be afraid [any longer]; only believe,
KJV: believe only, and
INT: not Fear only believe and

John 5:18 Adv
GRK: ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἔλυεν τὸ
NAS: Him, because He not only was breaking
KJV: he not only had broken the sabbath,
INT: because not only did he break the

John 11:52 Adv
GRK: τοῦ ἔθνους μόνον ἀλλ' ἵνα
NAS: and not for the nation only, but in order
KJV: for that nation only, but that
INT: the nation only but that

John 12:9 Adv
GRK: τὸν Ἰησοῦν μόνον ἀλλ' ἵνα
NAS: sake only, but that they might also
KJV: for Jesus' sake only, but that
INT: Jesus only but that

John 13:9 Adv
GRK: πόδας μου μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ
NAS: to Him, Lord, [then wash] not only my feet,
KJV: my feet only, but also
INT: feet of me only but also

John 17:20 Adv
GRK: δὲ ἐρωτῶ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ
KJV: for these alone, but for
INT: however make I request only but also

Acts 8:16 Adv
GRK: αὐτῶν ἐπιπεπτωκός μόνον δὲ βεβαπτισμένοι
NAS: upon any of them; they had simply been
KJV: none of them: only they were baptized
INT: of them fallen only however baptized

Acts 11:19 Adv
GRK: εἰ μὴ μόνον Ἰουδαίοις
KJV: but unto the Jews only.
INT: if not only to Jews

Acts 18:25 Adv
GRK: Ἰησοῦ ἐπιστάμενος μόνον τὸ βάπτισμα
NAS: being acquainted only with the baptism
KJV: knowing only the baptism
INT: Jesus knowing only the baptism

Acts 19:26 Adv
GRK: ὅτι οὐ μόνον Ἐφέσου ἀλλὰ
NAS: and hear that not only in Ephesus,
KJV: that not alone at Ephesus, but
INT: that not only of Ephesus but

Acts 19:27 Adv
GRK: οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο
NAS: Not only is there danger that this
KJV: So that not only this our
INT: Not only but this

Acts 21:13 Adv
GRK: γὰρ οὐ μόνον δεθῆναι ἀλλὰ
NAS: ready not only to be bound,
KJV: not to be bound only, but also
INT: indeed not only to be bound but

Acts 26:29 Adv
GRK: μεγάλῳ οὐ μόνον σὲ ἀλλὰ
NAS: long time, not only you, but also
KJV: to God, that not only thou, but
INT: much not only you but

Acts 27:10 Adv
GRK: ζημίας οὐ μόνον τοῦ φορτίου
NAS: loss, not only of the cargo
KJV: damage, not only of the lading and
INT: loss not only of the cargo