Rather
μενοῦνγεStrong’s G3304menounge
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Menounge is the Greek word usually translated “no rather”, “but rather” and “indeed”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.”
Meaning
Usually translated “no rather”, “but rather” and “indeed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- no rather 1
- but rather 1
- indeed 1
- rather 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- Luke 1
- Philippians 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 9:20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
- Romans 10:18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
- Philippians 3:8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Greek dictionary
μενοῦνγε menounge · rather
μεν-οῦν-γε = μὲν οὖν γε nay rather: Rom.9:20 10:18, Php.3:8.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rather” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RATH'ER, adverb
[I would rather go, or sooner go. The use is taken from pushing or moving forward.]
[Latin ante, before.] But he said, yea rather happy are they that hear the word of God and keep it. ]
- More readily or willingly; with better liking; with preference or choice.“My soul chooseth strangling and death rather than life” Job 7:15“Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil” John 3:19
- In preference; preferably; with better reason. Acts 5:29
- In a greater degree than otherwise.
- More properly; more correctly speaking.
All definitions
- Noting some degree of contrariety in fact.“She was nothing better, but rather grew worse” Mark 5:26
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.