| Lexical Summary menounge: rather, on the contraryOriginal 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 Concordancerather, 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 LexiconSTRONGS 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). | 



