John 2:16:10John.2.16.W10TAB

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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Word in context

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    KAI TOIS TAS pe-ri-ste-RAS pō-LOU-sin EI-pen A-ra-te TAU-ta en-TEU-then MÊ poi-EI-te TON OI-kon TOU pa-TROS MOU OI-kon em-po-RI-ou

Exegesis

The prohibition mē poieite {μὴ ποιεῖτε | mḕ poieîte} uses the negative particle with the present subjunctive to forbid ongoing or repeated action.

Root and etymology

mētrmu–eta–tau–rho

mother

In contextJohn 2:16

And to those selling the doves He said, “Move these away from here; do not make My Father’s house a house of trade .”

About this coordinate

John 2:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 2:16, 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 John.2.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.16.W10.S1) and character.