According to the ordinary rules of language whenever monos (“alone”, “only”) is used with theos (“God”) or kurios (“LORD”, YHWH), it cannot mean more than 1 person.
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Old Testament Greek LXX
NAU Deuteronomy 32:12 "The LORD alone guided him, And there was no
foreign god with him.
LXT Deuteronomy 32:12 κύριος μόνος ἦγεν αὐτούς καὶ οὐκ ἦν μετ᾽
αὐτῶν θεὸς ἀλλότριος
NAU 2 Kings 19:15 Hezekiah
prayed before the LORD and said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, who are
enthroned above the cherubim, You are
the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven
and earth.
LXT 2 Kings 19:15 καὶ εἶπεν κύριε
ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῶν χερουβιν σὺ εἶ ὁ θεὸς μόνος ἐν πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς σὺ ἐποίησας τὸν οὐρανὸν
καὶ τὴν γῆν
NAU 2 Kings 19:19 "Now, O
LORD our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the
earth may know that You alone, O LORD,
are God."
LXT 2 Kings 19:19 καὶ νῦν κύριε ὁ
θεὸς ἡμῶν σῶσον ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ γνώσονται πᾶσαι αἱ βασιλεῖαι τῆς γῆς ὅτι
σὺ κύριος ὁ θεὸς μόνος
NAU Psalm 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone
works wonders.
LXT Psalm 71:18 εὐλογητὸς κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ ὁ ποιῶν
θαυμάσια μόνος
NAU Psalm 83:18 That they may know
that You alone, whose name is the LORD,
Are the Most High over all the earth.
LXT Psalm 82:19 καὶ γνώτωσαν ὅτι
ὄνομά σοι κύριος σὺ μόνος ὕψιστος ἐπὶ
πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν
NAU Psalm 86:10 For You are
great and do wondrous deeds; You alone
are God.
LXT Psalm 85:10 ὅτι μέγας εἶ σὺ
καὶ ποιῶν θαυμάσια σὺ εἶ ὁ θεὸς μόνος
ὁ μέγας
NAU Psalm 148:13 Let them praise
the name of the LORD, For His name alone
is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven.
LXT Psalm 148:13 αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα
κυρίου ὅτι ὑψώθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μόνου ἡ ἐξομολόγησις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ
γῆς καὶ οὐρανοῦ
NAU Isaiah 2:17 The pride of man
will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the LORD alone will be exalted in that
day,
LXT Isaiah 2:17 καὶ ταπεινωθήσεται
πᾶς ἄνθρωπος καὶ πεσεῖται ὕψος ἀνθρώπων καὶ ὑψωθήσεται κύριος μόνος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ
NAU Isaiah 37:16 "O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, who
is enthroned above the cherubim, You are
the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven
and earth.
LXT Isaiah 37:16 κύριε σαβαωθ ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ
τῶν χερουβιν σὺ θεὸς μόνος εἶ πάσης
βασιλείας τῆς οἰκουμένης σὺ ἐποίησας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν
NAU Isaiah 37:20 "Now, O
LORD our God, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may
know that You alone, LORD, are God."
LXT Isaiah 37:20 σὺ δέ κύριε ὁ
θεὸς ἡμῶν σῶσον ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτῶν ἵνα γνῷ πᾶσα βασιλεία τῆς γῆς ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ θεὸς μόνος
NAU Nehemiah 9:6 "You alone are the LORD. You have made
the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that
is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them And
the heavenly host bows down before You.
LXT Nehemiah 9:6 καὶ εἶπεν
Εσδρας σὺ εἶ αὐτὸς κύριος μόνος σὺ ἐποίησας
τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν στάσιν αὐτῶν τὴν γῆν καὶ
πάντα ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῇ τὰς θαλάσσας καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐταῖς καὶ σὺ ζωοποιεῖς τὰ
πάντα καὶ σοὶ προσκυνοῦσιν αἱ στρατιαὶ τῶν οὐρανῶν
LXA Prayer of Azariah 1:21 And
let them know that thou art God, the
only God, and glorious over the whole world.
LXT Daniel 3:45 γνώτωσαν ὅτι σὺ
εἶ μόνος κύριος ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἔνδοξος ἐφ᾽
ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην
New Testament
NAU John 5:44 "How can you
believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory
that is from the one and only God?
BNT John 5:44 πῶς δύνασθε ὑμεῖς
πιστεῦσαι δόξαν παρὰ ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες, καὶ τὴν δόξαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ μόνου θεοῦ οὐ ζητεῖτε;
NAU John 17:3 "This is
eternal life, that they may know You, the
only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
BNT John 17:3 αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ αἰώνιος
ζωὴ ἵνα γινώσκωσιν σὲ τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν
θεὸν καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν.
And just for fun…
Apocrypha:
LXA 1 Esdras 8:25 Then said
Esdras the scribe, Blessed be the only
Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the
king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem:
LXT 1 Esdras 8:25 εὐλογητὸς μόνος ὁ κύριος ὁ δοὺς ταῦτα εἰς τὴν
καρδίαν τοῦ βασιλέως δοξάσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ τὸν ἐν Ιερουσαλημ
LXT Odes 2:12 κύριος μόνος ἦγεν αὐτούς καὶ οὐκ ἦν μετ᾽
αὐτῶν θεὸς ἀλλότριος (Ode 2:12 LXT)
The only Lord led them and
there was no foreign God with them (My own translation)
LXT Odes 7:45 καὶ γνώτωσαν ὅτι σὺ
εἶ κύριος ὁ θεὸς μόνος καὶ ἔνδοξος ἐφ᾽
ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην (Ode 7:45 LXT)
LXT Odes 14:26 σὺ εἶ μόνος κύριος (Ode 14:26 LXT)
you are the only Lord
you are the only Lord
LXA Sirach 18:2 The Lord only is righteous, and there
is none other but he,
LXT Sirach 18:2 κύριος μόνος δικαιωθήσεται
LXA 2 Maccabees 7:37 But I, as
my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching
God that he would speedily be merciful unto our nation; and that thou by
torments and plagues mayest confess, that he
alone is God;
LXT 2 Maccabees 7:37 ἐγὼ δέ καθάπερ
οἱ ἀδελφοί καὶ σῶμα καὶ ψυχὴν προδίδωμι περὶ τῶν πατρίων νόμων ἐπικαλούμενος τὸν
θεὸν ἵλεως ταχὺ τῷ ἔθνει γενέσθαι καὶ σὲ μετὰ ἐτασμῶν καὶ μαστίγων ἐξομολογήσασθαι
διότι μόνος αὐτὸς θεός ἐστιν
LXA 4 Maccabees 5:24 And it
instructs us in justice, so that in all our dealings we render what is due; and
it teaches us piety, so that we worship the
one only God becomingly.
LXT 4 Maccabees 5:24 καὶ δικαιοσύνην
παιδεύει ὥστε διὰ πάντων τῶν ἠθῶν ἰσονομεῖν καὶ εὐσέβειαν ἐκδιδάσκει ὥστε μόνον τὸν ὄντα θεὸν σέβειν μεγαλοπρεπῶς
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