μήν (n), genitive μηνός, ὁ (with the Alex. the accusative μηναν, Rev_22:2 Lachmann; on which form see references under ἄρσην, at the end); (from Homer down); 1. a month: Luk_1:24; Luk_1:26; Luk_1:36; Luk_1:56; Luk_4:25; Act_7:20; Act_18:11; Act_19:8; Act_20:3; Act_28:11; Jas_5:17; Rev_9:5; Rev_9:10; Rev_9:15; Rev_11:2; Rev_13:5; Rev_22:2. 2. the time of new moon, new moon (barbarous Latinnovilunium: after the use of the Hebrew ηΙγΖωΡ, which denotes both a 'month' and a 'new moon,' as in Num_28:11; Num_29:1): Gal_4:10 (Lightfoot compares Isa_66:23) (the first day of each month, when the new moon appeared, was a festival among the Hebrews; cf. Lev_23:24; Num_28:11; Psa_80:4 ()); (others refer the passage to 1 (see Meyer at the passage)).

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μήν , gen ., μηνός , ὁ , [in LXX very freq . for H2320 , Gen_7:11 , al. ; a few times for H3391 ;] a month: Luk_1:24 ; Luk_1:26 ; Luk_1:36 ; Luk_1:56 ; Luk_4:25 , Act_7:20 ; Act_18:11 ; Act_19:8 ; Act_20:3 ; Act_28:11 , Jas_5:17 , Rev_9:5 ; Rev_9:10 ; Rev_9:15 ; Rev_11:2 ; Rev_13:5 ; Rev_22:2 ; pl ., of the festival of the new moon ( cf. Isa_66:23 ), Gal_4:10 .†

μήν [page 410] For μήν denoting a (lunar) month cf. P Amh II. 50 .20 (B.C. 106) τόκους διδράχμους τῆς μνᾶς τὸν μῆνα ἕκαστον , interest at the rate of two drachmae on the mina each month, P Oxy II. 294 .5 (A.D. 22) (= Selections , p. 34) ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονέναι ἐν Ἀλεξανδρίᾳ [τῇ . . τοῦ ὑπογε ]γραμμένου μηνός , on my arrival in Alexandria on the . . of the undernoted month, BGU III. 975 .4 (A.D. 45) (= Selections , p. 42) μηνὸς Μεχὶρ πέμπτῃ καὶ εἰκάτῃ , the twenty-fifth day of the month Mechir, and the illiterate P Oxy XII. 1489 .6 (late iii/A.D.) τοῦ ἄλλο ( l ου ) μηνὸς ἐλεύσομε ( l. μαι ), I shall return in another month, cf. .8 ε̣ἰ δῖ , ἔρχομε τῷ ἄλλο μηνί ( l. ἔρχομαι . . ἄλλῳ ). In a Ptolemaic ostracon, Mιl. Nic. p. 185 No. 12 .7 , we find κατὰ μῆναν (for form see Proleg p. 49). The expression εἰς δύο μῆνας ἡμερῶν in P Strass I. 35 .5 (iv/v A.D.) is said to be peculiar to the Egyptian speech (see the introd.). The parenthetic nominative in expressions of time (cf. Mat_15:32 , Mar_8:2 , Luk_9:28 : Moulton Proleg. p. 69 f.) is well illustrated by P Petr III, 36 (a) verso .4 (Ptol. ) λιμῶι παραπολλύμενος μῆνές εἰσιν δέκα , perishing from hunger for the last ten months (Edd.) : cf. BGU III. 948 .6 (iv/v A.D.) γινώσκιν ἐ [θ ]έλω ὅτι εἶπέν σοι ὁ πραγματευτ [ὴς ὅ ]τι ἡ μήτηρ σου ἀσθενῖ , εἰδού , δέκα τρῖς μῆνες a curious parallel to Luk_13:16 . For the adj. μηνιαῖος cf. P Ryl II. 206 ( b ) .3 (iii/A.D.) εἰς λόγον διαγραφῆς μηνιαίου Ἁθύρ , on account of the monthly payments of Hathur, and for ἐπιμήνια , monthly supplies, see P Oxy III. 531 .17 (ii/A.D.). MGr μῆνας , pl. μῆνες , μῆνοι .

μήν genitive, μηνός, ὁ, [in LXX very frequently for חֹדֶשׁ, Gen.7:11, al.; a few times for יֶרַח ;] a month: Luk.1:24, 26 1:36, 56 4:25, Act.7:20 18:11 19:8 20:3 28:11, Jas.5:17, Rev.9:5, 10 9:15 11:2 13:5 22:2; pl., of the festival of the new moon (cf. Isa.66:23), Gal.4:10.† (AS)