Strong G3443μονόω

to leave alone

Transliteration
monoō
Pronunciation
mon-o'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3441; to isolate that is bereave: - be desolate.

Detailed definition

μονόω, -ῶ
(μόνος), [in Aq.: Gen.49:6;]
to leave alone, forsake: of a childless widow, pf. ptcp. pass., 1Ti.5:5.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3443 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • desolate1

First verses

  1. 1 Timothy 5:5
    Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μονόω,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect μουνόω, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.117, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below))]; but μον- in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.470)]: (μόνος):— make single or solitary, ἡμετέρην γενεὴν μούνωσε Κρονίων made our race single, i. e. allowed but one son in each generation, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.117)]; μ. τὸν Φίλιππον leave him isolated, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.16.10)]; get alone, τινὰ ἐν σπήλυγγι [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.451)]; strip of predicates, make unique, [θεόν] [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.8.15.)]
II more frequently in passive, to be left alone, forsaken, ἐνὶ Τρώεσσι μονωθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place]; μουνωθέντα παρ᾽ οἴεσιν ἢ παρὰ βουσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.386)]; ἐμουνοῦντο they were left each man by himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.123)]; μουνωθέντα taken apart, without witnesses (variant for{μουνόθεν}), [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.116; γυνὴ μονωθεῖσ᾽ οὐδέν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 749)]; of animals when hunted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.9)]; when left solitary, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 578b33)]; of the soul, to be separated from the body, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 36)]; of things, to be taken alone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1096b17)]; to be isolated in thought, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 195.)]
II.2 with genitive person, μεμουνωμένοι συμμάχων deserted by allies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.102, compare 6.15, 7.139)]; μονωθεὶς δάμαρτος, σοῦ μονούμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 296, 380; δεσποτῶν μονούμενος [prev. author] “Rh.” 871; μονωθεῖσ᾽ ἀπὸ πατρός [prev. author] “IA” 669; μονωθεὶς μετ᾽ ὀλίγων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.101: _absolutely_, μεμονωμένων εἰ κρατήσειαν [prev. author] 2.81, compare 5.40, 58. b. with _genitive_ _of things_, μεμονωμένοι τῆς τῶν ἱππέων βοηθείας)] bereft of.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.43)]; μονούμενος τῶν ἀγαθῶν separated from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 710b)]; μονωθεῖσαι φρονήσεως without.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ti.” 46e)]; μονωθεὶς ἐκ τῆς εἱρκτῆς, i. e. set free from.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ax.” 370d.)]