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Alone

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: μόνος

(Strong's #3441 — Adjective — monos — mon'-os )

denotes "single, alone, solitary," Matthew 4:4 , etc. See ONLY , SELF.

B — 1: μόνος

(Strong's #3441 — Adjective — monon — mon'-os )

the neuter of A, meaning "only, exclusively," e.g., Romans 4:23; Acts 19:26 , is translated "alone" in the AV of John 17:20; RV, "only." See ONLY.

B — 2: καταμόνας

(Strong's #2651 — Adjective — kata monas — kat-am-on'-as )

signifies "apart, in private, alone," Mark 4:10; Luke 9:18 . Some texts have the phrase as one word.

C — 1: ἀφίημι

(Strong's #863 — Verb — aphiemi — af-ee'-ay-mee )

signifies "to send away, set free;" also "to let alone," Matthew 15:14; Mark 14:6; Luke 13:8; John 11:48; 12:7 (RV, "suffer her"); in Acts 5:38 some texts have easate from eao, "to permit." See CRY , FORGIVE , FORSAKE , LAY , Note (2), LEAVE , LET , OMIT, PUT , No. 16, Note, REMIT, SEND, SUFFER, YIELD.

Notes: (1) The phrase kath' heauten means "by (or in) itself," James 2:17 , RV, for AV, "being alone" (see AV, marg.).

(2) The phrase kat' idian, Mark 4:34 , signifies "in private," "privately," RV (AV, "when they were alone").

(3) For "let us alone" see AH!

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Alone'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​a/alone.html. 1940.
 
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