1 Corinthians 13:2:251 Cor.13.2.W25TAB
μὴ
mē
“not”
- Transliteration
- mē
- Extended
- may
- 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
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mē
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KAI e-AN E-khō pro-phē-tei-AN KAI ei-DŌ ta my-STÊ-ri-a PAN-ta KAI PA-san tēn GNŌ-sin KAI e-AN E-khō PA-san tēn PI-stin HŌ-ste O-rē me-thi-STA-nai a-GA-pēn de mē E-khō ou-THEN EI-mi
Exegesis
This entire accumulation is sharply countered by agapēn de mē echō {ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω | agápēn dè mḕ échō}, where the contrastive de and the negative mē with the subjunctive introduce the possibility of lacking love.
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:2
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love , I am nothing.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:2:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of 1 Corinthians 13:2, so the Greek word μὴ (mē) 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.13.2.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.2.W25.S1) and character.