μόνον
only
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adverb
- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Every verse where G3440 appears — 66 distinct verses across 19 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 8 verses
- Matthew 5:47 μόνον adv If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
- Matthew 8:8 μόνον adv The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- Matthew 9:21 μόνον adv for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."
- Matthew 10:42 μόνον adv Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most assuredly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
- Matthew 14:36 μόνον adv and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
- Matthew 17:8 μόνον adv Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
- Matthew 21:19 μόνον adv Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.
- Matthew 21:21 μόνον adv Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
Mark 2 verses
Luke 1 verse
John 5 verses
- John 5:18 μόνον adv For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
- John 11:52 μόνον adv and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
- John 12:9 μόνον adv A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
- John 13:9 μόνον adv Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"
- John 17:20 μόνον adv Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
Acts 8 verses
- Acts 8:16 μόνον adv for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.
- Acts 11:19 μόνον adv They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
- Acts 18:25 μόνον adv This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
- Acts 19:26 μόνον adv You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.
- Acts 19:27 μόνον adv Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships."
- Acts 21:13 μόνον adv Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
- Acts 26:29 μόνον adv Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."
- Acts 27:10 μόνον adv and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."
Romans 11 verses
- Romans 1:32 μόνον adv who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
- Romans 3:29 μόνον adv Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn't he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
- Romans 4:12 μόνον adv The father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
- Romans 4:16 μόνον adv For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
- Romans 4:23 μόνον adv Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,
- Romans 5:3 μόνον adv Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;
- Romans 5:11 μόνον adv Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
- Romans 8:23 μόνον adv Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
- Romans 9:10 μόνον adv Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
- Romans 9:24 μόνον adv us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
- Romans 13:5 μόνον adv Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
1 Corinthians 2 verses
2 Corinthians 5 verses
- 2 Corinthians 7:7 μόνον adv and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.
- 2 Corinthians 8:10 μόνον adv I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.
- 2 Corinthians 8:19 μόνον adv Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
- 2 Corinthians 8:21 μόνον adv Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
- 2 Corinthians 9:12 μόνον adv For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
Galatians 6 verses
- Galatians 1:23 μόνον adv but they only heard: "He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."
- Galatians 2:10 μόνον adv They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I was also zealous to do.
- Galatians 3:2 μόνον adv I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
- Galatians 4:18 μόνον adv But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
- Galatians 5:13 μόνον adv For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
- Galatians 6:12 μόνον adv As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Ephesians 1 verse
Philippians 3 verses
- Philippians 1:27 Μόνον adv Only let your manner of life be worthy of the Gospel of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Gospel;
- Philippians 1:29 μόνον adv Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
- Philippians 2:12 μόνον adv So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
1 Thessalonians 3 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 μόνον adv and that our Gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8 μόνον adv For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we need not to say anything.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8 μόνον adv Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
2 Thessalonians 1 verse
1 Timothy 1 verse
2 Timothy 2 verses
- 2 Timothy 2:20 μόνον adv Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.
- 2 Timothy 4:8 μόνον adv From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
Hebrews 2 verses
James 2 verses
1 Peter 1 verse
1 John 2 verses
- 1 John 2:2 μόνον adv And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
- 1 John 5:6 μόνον adv This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek verb μονον centers on the idea of “only.” First canonically at Matthew 5:47, it enters the text early. It turns up in 66 verses across 19 books, a moderately common footprint. It clusters with μονος, μονογενης and μονοφθαλμος under a shared root. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G3440 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 66
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 66 distinct verses.
- 19 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 19 of 27 New Testament books.
- #251
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Greek words (rank 251 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 66 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 66 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 35 verses · 53%
- Gospels 16 verses · 24%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 9 verses · 14%
- Johannine 7 verses · 11%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 5 verses · 8%
- Hebrews 2 verses · 3%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Only 59×, Alone 3×
- American Standard Version: Only 61×, Alone 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Only 46×, Just 5×, Alone 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Only 59×, Only this 4×, Alone 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3440 across 67 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3440 across 66 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3440 across 60 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 7 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3440 across 66 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- only, alone, but
Word origin
Derived from μονος (mónos) (G3441) — alone.
Neuter of G3441 as adverb; merely : - alone but only.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 2 distinct written forms G3440 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μόνον mónon | Adverb | Matthew 5:47 | 65 |
| Μόνον Mónon | Adverb | Philippians 1:27 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3440, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- μονογενης monogenḗs G3439 only
- μονοφθαλμος monóphthalmos G3442 one-eyed
- μονοω monóō G3443 to forsake
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word μονον appears 17 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 17 verses in 7 books.
- 17
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 17
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 7 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 7 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:18 μόνον
- Exodus 12:16 μόνον
- Deuteronomy 22:25 μόνον
- Judges 6:37 μόνον
- 2 Chronicles 18:30 μόνον
- Esther 1:16 μόνον
- Job 2:6 μόνον
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3440) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:18 μόνον Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 19:8 μόνον See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."
- Genesis 24:8 μόνον If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."
- Genesis 27:13 μόνον His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."
- Genesis 34:22 μόνον Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
- Genesis 34:23 μόνον Won't their cattle and their substance and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."
- Genesis 47:22 μόνον Only he didn't buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn't sell their land.
- Genesis 47:26 μόνον Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's.
- Exodus 12:16 μόνον In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.
- Deuteronomy 22:25 μόνον But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only who lay with her shall die:
- Judges 6:37 μόνον behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.
- Judges 6:39 μόνον Gideon said to God, Don't let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.
- Judges 6:40 μόνον God did so that night: for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
- 2 Chronicles 18:30 μόνον Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- Esther 1:16 μόνον Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples who are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
- Job 2:6 μόνον Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life."
- Job 19:3 μόνον You have reproached me ten times. You aren't ashamed that you attack me.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3440) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
