Acts 17:6:1Acts.17.6.W1TAB
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
mê heu-RON-tes de au-TOUS E-sy-ron i-A-so-na KAI TI-nas a-del-PHOUS e-PI tous po-li-TA-rkhas bo-ÔN-tes HO-ti hoi tên oi-kou-ME-nên a-na-sta-TÔ-san-tes HOU-toi kai en-THA-de PA-rei-sin
Exegesis
The verse opens with the circumstantial participial clause mē heurontes {μὴ εὑρόντες | mḕ heuróntes} ‘not having found’, which provides the condition or circumstance that prompts the main action, followed by the imperfect indicative esuron {ἔσυρον | ésuron} ‘they were dragging’. The imperfect highlights an ongoing or vivid past action.
Root and etymology
Roottheta–upsilon–mu
“inner thought, desire, passion”
In context — Acts 17:6
But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.”
About this coordinate
Acts 17:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 17:6, 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.17.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.6.W1.S1) and character.