Acts 15:19:4Acts.15.19.W4TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
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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    di-O e-GO KRI-nō MÊ pa-re-no-khle-IN tois a-PO tôn eth-NÔN e-pi-STRE-phou-sin e-PI ton the-ON

Exegesis

The negative particle me {μὴ | mḕ} ‘not’ plus the infinitive parenochlein {παρενοχλεῖν | parenochleîn} ‘to trouble’ expresses a general prohibition, which English conveys with a finite clause.

Root and etymology

peritemnōpi–epsilon–rho–iota–tau–epsilon–mu–nu–omega

to cut around, circumcise

In contextActs 15:19

For this reason, I judge that we should not trouble those from among the Gentiles who are turning to God .

About this coordinate

Acts 15:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 15:19, 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 Acts.15.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.19.W4.S1) and character.