Acts 23:12:11Acts.23.12.W11TAB
μήτε
mête
“neither”
- Transliteration
- MÊ-te
- Extended
- MAY-teh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛː.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- neither
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ-te
- sentence
ge-no-ME-nês de hê-ME-ras poi-Ê-san-tes sy-stro-PHÊN hoi i-ou-DAI-oi a-ne-the-MA-ti-san he-au-TOUS LE-gon-tes MÊ-te pha-GEIN MÊ-te pi-EIN HÉ-ōs hou a-po-KTEI-nō-sin ton PAU-lon
Exegesis
Within the content, the correlative pair mēte phagein mēte piein {μήτε φαγεῖν μήτε πιεῖν | mḗ-te pha-geîn mḗ-te pi-eîn} uses coordinated aorist infinitives after the verb of saying to express their vowed action (or non-action), which is best translated with a modal “would neither eat nor drink.”
In context — Acts 23:12
But when day had come, the Jews , having formed a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse , saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
About this coordinate
Acts 23:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 23:12, so the Greek word μήτε (mête) 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.23.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.12.W11.S1) and character.