μόνοςmónos
remaining, i.e. sole or single; by implication, mere
Greek (New Testament) · G3441
Meanings
1. adj., alone, solitary, forsaken: with verb., Matthew 14:23, Mark 6:47, Luke 9:36, and elsewhere; with pron., Matthew 18:15, Mark 9:2, and elsewhere; with as a noun, Mark 9:8, Luke 4:8, and elsewhere; pleonast., οὐκ... εἰ μὴ μ., Matthew 12:4, Luke 6:4, and elsewhere; attributive, only, (ὁ) μ. θεός, John 5:44, John 17:3, Romans 16:27, 1 Timothy 1:17, Jude 1:25.
2. As adverb
(a) neuter, μόνον, alone, only: referring to verb or predic., Matthew 9:21, Mark 5:36, James 1:22, and elsewhere (see Bl., §44, 2); οὐ (μὴ) μ., Galatians 4:18, James 1:22; οὐ μ.... ἀλλά (Bl., § 77, 133), Acts 19:26, 1 John 5:6, and elsewhere; id. followed by καί (Bl., § 81, 12), Romans 5:3, Romans 9:10, 2 Corinthians 8:19, and elsewhere
Same root
- μένωménō · G3306to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy)
- μόνονmónon · G3440merely
- μονόφθαλμοςmonóphthalmos · G3442one-eyed
- μονογενήςmonogenḗs · G3439only-born, i.e. sole
- μονόωmonóō · G3443to isolate, i.e. bereave
- καταμόναςkatamónas · G2651according to sole places, i.e. (adverbially) separately
Where it appears
Appears 110 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 4:4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Matthew 4:10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
- Matthew 5:47 If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.
- Matthew 8:8 But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed.
- Matthew 9:21 for she thought, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”
- Matthew 12:4 He went into the house of God, and he and his companions broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat.
See every passage
- Matthew 4:4, 4:10, 5:47, 8:8, 9:21, 12:4, 14:23, 14:36, 17:8, 18:15, 21:19, 21:21, 24:36
- Mark 4:10, 5:36, 6:8, 6:47, 9:2, 9:8
- Luke 4:4, 4:8, 5:21, 6:4, 8:50, 9:18, 9:36, 10:40, 24:12, 24:18
- John 5:18, 5:44, 6:15, 6:22, 8:16, 8:29, 11:52, 12:9, 12:24, 13:9, 16:32, 17:3, 17:20
- Acts 8:16, 11:19, 18:25, 19:26, 19:27, 21:13, 26:29, 27:10
- Romans 1:32, 3:29, 4:12, 4:16, 4:23, 5:3, 5:11, 8:23, 9:10, 9:24, 11:3, 13:5, 16:4
- 1 Corinthians 7:39, 9:6, 14:36, 15:19
- 2 Corinthians 7:7, 8:10, 8:19, 8:21, 9:12
- Galatians 1:23, 2:10, 3:2, 4:18, 5:13, 6:4, 6:12
- Ephesians 1:21
- Philippians 1:27, 2:12, 2:27, 4:15
- Colossians 4:11
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1:8, 2:8, 3:1
- 2 Thessalonians 2:7
- 1 Timothy 1:17, 5:13, 6:15, 6:16
- 2 Timothy 2:20, 4:8, 4:11
- Hebrews 9:7, 9:10, 12:26
- James 1:22, 2:24
- 1 Peter 2:18
- 1 John 2:2, 5:6
- 2 John 1:1
- Jude 1:4, 1:25
- Revelation 15:4
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.