Acts 15:38:17Acts.15.38.W17TAB
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
PAU-los de êk-KSII-ou ton a-po-STAN-ta ap au-TÔN a-PO pam-phy-LEE-as kai mê sy-nel-THON-ta au-TOIS eis to ER-gon mê sym-pa-ra-la-BEIN TOU-ton
Exegesis
The main verb exiou {ἠξίου | hē-xí-ou} ‘was deeming worthy’ governs the infinitival clause introduced by the negative particle me {μὴ | mḕ} and the present active infinitive sumparalambanein {συμπαραλαμβάνειν | sum-pa-ra-lam-bá-nein} ‘to take along together’, which expresses Paul’s evaluative judgment.
Its object touton {τοῦτον | toû-ton} ‘this one’ is described by two aorist active participles—apostanta {ἀποστάντα | a-po-stánt-a} ‘having departed’ and sunelthonta {συνελθόντα | su-nel-thón-ta} ‘having gone together’—joined by kai {καὶ | kaì} and marked with me {μὴ | mḕ} to indicate the grounds for exclusion.
Root and etymology
peritemnōpi–epsilon–rho–iota–tau–epsilon–mu–nu–omega
“to cut around, circumcise”
In context — Acts 15:38
But Paul considered it not right to take along the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:38:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 15:38, 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 Acts.15.38.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.38.W17.S1) and character.