1 Corinthians 14:5:211 Cor.14.5.W21TAB
μὴ
mê
“not”
- Transliteration
- mê
- Extended
- mê
- 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
THE-lo de PAN-tas hy-MAS la-LEIN GLOS-sais MAL-lon de HEE-na pro-phê-TEU-ê-te MEI-dzōn de ho pro-phê-TEU-ōn ê ho la-LŌN GLOS-sais ek-TOS ei mê di-er-mê-NEU-êi HEE-na hê ek-klê-SI-a oi-ko-do-MÊN LA-bêi
Exegesis
The exceptive conditional ek-tos ei mē diermēneuē {ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ διερμηνεύῃ | ek-TOS ei mē di-er-mē-NEU-ē} is rendered “unless it is interpreted” (formal) and “unless someone interprets” (dynamic) to clarify the contingency.
Root and etymology
oikodomeōomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–delta–omicron–mu–epsilon–omega
“to build a house, to edify”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:5
But I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but rather that you might prophesy; and greater is the one who prophesies than the one who speaks in tongues, unless it is interpreted, so that the church may receive edification .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:5:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Corinthians 14:5, 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.14.5.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.5.W21.S1) and character.