Acts 16:21:5Acts.16.21.W5TAB

οὐκ

ouk

not

Transliteration
ouk
Extended
ook
IPA
/uːk/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Kappak — as in kite

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Word in context

  1. word

    ouk

  2. sentence

    KAI ka-taŋ-GE-lou-sin E-thê ha ouk EK-ses-tin hê-MEEN pa-ra-DE-khe-sthai ou-DE poi-EIN rhō-ma-IOIS OU-sin

Exegesis

Its direct object ethē {ἔθη | éthē} ‘customs’ is specified by the relative clause ha ouk exestin hēmin paradechesthai oude poiein {ἃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν παραδέχεσθαι οὐδὲ ποιεῖν} ‘which it is not lawful for us neither to accept nor to do’, with the impersonal exestin {ἔξεστιν | éxestin} governing the dative hēmin {ἡμῖν | hēmîn} and two coordinated infinitives paradechesthai {παραδέχεσθαι | paradéchesthai} and poiein {ποιεῖν | poieîn}, reflecting internal reception and external practice.

In contextActs 16:21

They are proclaiming customs that it is not lawful for us—being Romans —to accept or to practice.

About this coordinate

Acts 16:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 16:21, so the Greek word οὐκ (ouk) 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.16.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.21.W5.S1) and character.