Acts 27:15:6Acts.27.15.W6TAB
μὴ
mê
“not”
- Transliteration
- mê
- Extended
- MAY
- 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
sy-nar-pa-STHEN-tos de tou ploi-OU kai mê dy-na-ME-nou an-toph-thal-MEIN tôi a-NE-mô e-pi-DON-tes e-phe-RO-me-tha
Exegesis
This is followed by a coordinated participle kai me dynamenou antophthalmein tōi anemōi {καὶ μὴ δυναμένου ἀντοφθαλμεῖν τῷ ἀνέμῳ | kaí mḕ dy-na-mé-nou an-to-phthal-meîn tṓ-i a-né-mō-i}, which adds the ship’s inability to face the wind, with the infinitive antophthalmein as the complement of dynamenou and the dative tōi anemōi marking the opposing force.
Root and etymology
λιμήν
“harbor, refuge”
In context — Acts 27:15
When the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way and were carried along.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 27:15, 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.27.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.15.W6.S1) and character.