Acts 25:27:7Acts.25.27.W7TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
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IPA
/ˈmɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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    A-lo-gon GAR moi do-KEI PEM-pon-ta DES-mi-on MÊ KAI tas kat au-TOU ai-TEE-as sê-MA-nai

Exegesis

The combination of the negative particle me {μὴ | mē} with kai {καὶ | kaí} “also” (mē kai) highlights the omission of a necessary accompanying action.

Root and etymology

boulomaibeta–omicron–upsilon–lambda–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

to will, wish, intend

In contextActs 25:27

For it seems unreasonable to me, when sending a prisoner, not also to indicate the charges against him.

About this coordinate

Acts 25:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 25:27, 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.25.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.27.W7.S1) and character.