STRONGS NUMBER G3304


Word Summary
menounge: rather, on the contrary
Original Word: μενοῦνγε
Transliteration: menounge
Phonetic Spelling: (men-oon'-geh)
Part of Speech: Particle, Disjunctive Particle
Short Definition: rather, on the contrary
Meaning: rather, on the contrary
Strong's Concordance
rather, on the contrary

From Not Used and oun and ge; so then at least -- nay but, yea doubtless (rather, verily).

see GREEK Not Used

see GREEK oun

see GREEK ge

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3304: μενουγγε

μενουγγε (μενοῦν γέ L Tr) (μέν, οὖν, γέ), nay surely, nay rather; three times in answers by which what was previously said is corrected (and standing at the beginning of the clause, contrary to Attic usage where μέν οὖν is never so placed; cf. Sturz, De dial. Mac. et Alex., p. 203f; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 342; (Buttmann, 370f (318); Winer's Grammar, § 61, 6)): Luke 11:28 (where T Tr WH μενοῦν); Romans 9:20; Romans 10:18; also Philippians 3:8 (where L G Tr μέν οὖν, WH μέν οὖν γέ), and Nicet. ann. 21, 11. 415 (p. 851, Bekker edition).