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You can add the usage of "Biblical Greek" to this name, for the name appears several times in the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)... namely in chapters 4, 5, 11 and 13 of the deuterocanonical book of 2 Maccabees.
Sources used:
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http://greekdoc.com/bible/names/me.html
#μεν (in English)
-
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Μενέλαος#Inflection
(in English)
- 4:23 of Maccabees II (plus nine more in the same chapter) in the Septuagint:
•
https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=4
(in English and Greek)
•
https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=4
(in Greek)
- 5:5 and 5:15 and 5:23 of Maccabees II in the Septuagint:
•
https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=5
(in English and Greek)
•
https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=5
(in Greek)
- 11:29 and 11:32 of Maccabees II in the Septuagint:
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https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=11
(in English and Greek)
•
https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=11
(in Greek)
- 13:3 and 13:7 of Maccabees II in the Septuagint:
•
https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=13
(in English and Greek)
•
https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=13
(in Greek)
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Lucille
2/22/2023
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Sources used:
- http://greekdoc.com/bible/names/me.html#μεν (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Μενέλαος#Inflection (in English)
- 4:23 of Maccabees II (plus nine more in the same chapter) in the Septuagint:
• https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=4 (in English and Greek)
• https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=4 (in Greek)
- 5:5 and 5:15 and 5:23 of Maccabees II in the Septuagint:
• https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=5 (in English and Greek)
• https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=5 (in Greek)
- 11:29 and 11:32 of Maccabees II in the Septuagint:
• https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=11 (in English and Greek)
• https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=11 (in Greek)
- 13:3 and 13:7 of Maccabees II in the Septuagint:
• https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=22&page=13 (in English and Greek)
• https://en.katabiblon.com/us/index.php?text=LXX&book=2Mc&ch=13 (in Greek)