1 Corinthians 15:34:41 Cor.15.34.W4TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
may
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

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    ek-NEE-psa-te di-KAI-ōs kai mê ha-mar-TA-ne-te a-gnō-SEE-an gar the-OO TI-nes E-khou-sin pros en-tro-PÊN hy-MEEN la-LÔ

Exegesis

The coordinated negative imperative mē hamartanete {μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε | mē ha-mar-tá-ne-te} ‘do not sin’ employs the present tense to urge cessation of ongoing wrongdoing.

Root and etymology

euangelizōepsilon–upsilon–alpha–gamma–gamma–epsilon–lambda–iota–zeta–omega

to announce good news

In context1 Corinthians 15:34

Sober up rightly, and do not sin; for some have ignorance of God ; I say this to your shame .

About this coordinate

1 Corinthians 15:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Corinthians 15:34, so the Greek word μὴ () 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.15.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.34.W4.S1) and character.