Acts 21:14:1Acts.21.14.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 pei-tho-ME-nou de au-TOU hê-sy-kha-SA-men ei-PON-tes tou ky-REE-ou to THE-le-ma gi-NES-thô
Exegesis
The verse opens with the genitive absolute clause mē peithomenou autou {μὴ πειθομένου αὐτοῦ | mḗ pei-tho-mé-nou au-toû}, marking a circumstantial condition best rendered temporally as “Since he was not persuaded.”
Root and etymology
euthydromeōepsilon–upsilon–theta–upsilon–delta–rho–omicron–mu–epsilon–omega
“to run a straight course, sail directly”
In context — Acts 21:14
Since he was not persuaded , we became quiet and said, “Let the will of the Lord take place.”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 21:14, 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.21.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.14.W1.S1) and character.