1 Corinthians 13:1:121 Cor.13.1.W12TAB
μὴ
mê
“not”
- Transliteration
- MÊ
- Extended
- meh
- IPA
- /mɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ
- sentence
e-AN TAIS GLÔS-sais tôn an-THRÔ-pōn la-LÔ KAI tôn an-GGE-lōn a-GA-pēn de MÊ E-khō GE-go-na khal-KOS ê-KHÔN Ê KYM-ba-lon a-la-LA-dzon
Exegesis
The contrast is introduced by de mē echo {δὲ μὴ ἔχω | dé mḗ é-khō} ‘but I do not have’, where agapēn {ἀγάπην | a-gá-pēn} ‘love’ is the direct object and the decisive criterion in the condition.
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Corinthians 13:1, so the Greek word μὴ (mê) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.13.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.1.W12.S1) and character.