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μέν/men
This word may tell something about the speaker's attitude toward what he is talking about. Or it may tell something about how one group of words in the sentence is related to another group of words. It is a particle.
- This word can mean indeed.
- This word can mean so or so then.
Sometimes this word is used with other words:
- When it is used with δέ (G1161), these words mean on the one hand … on the other hand. These words are used to make a statement about something and then to make another statement that opposes the first statement.
Advice to translators: Sometimes in English, this word is not translated.