Lexical Summary menounge: rather, on the contrary Original Word: μενοῦνγεTransliteration: 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 contraryFrom 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: μενουγγεμενουγγε (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). |