Acts 21:14:1Acts.21.14.W1TAB

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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    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 contextActs 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 () 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.