πιστεύσω.

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 πιστεύσω.

   pi-steu-SÔ

   believe
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω.

   OU MÊ pi-steu-SÔ

   never not believe
3. clause🔊 Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων καὶ βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων καὶ βάλω ⸂μου τὴν χεῖρα⸃ εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω.

   e-AN MÊ I-dô en TAIS kher-SIN au-TOU TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō TON DAK-ty-lON mou eis TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō mou TÊN KHEI-ra eis TÊN pleu-RAN au-TOU OU MÊ pi-steu-SÔ

   if not I see in the hands his the mark of the nails and I place the finger my into the mark of the nails and I place my the hand into the side his never not believe
4. sentence🔊 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων καὶ βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων καὶ βάλω ⸂μου τὴν χεῖρα⸃ εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω.

   ho DE EI-pen au-TOIS e-AN MÊ I-dô en TAIS kher-SIN au-TOU TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō TON DAK-ty-lON mou eis TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō mou TÊN KHEI-ra eis TÊN pleu-RAN au-TOU OU MÊ pi-steu-SÔ

   he but said to them if not I see in the hands his the mark of the nails and I place the finger my into the mark of the nails and I place my the hand into the side his never not believe

Exegesis

The closing ou mē pisteusō {οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω | ou mē pis-teú-sō} is an emphatic denial that leaves no room for belief apart from the demanded evidence. The whole sentence is carefully staged as a clash between public eyewitness testimony and private insistence on tactile proof.

Root and etymology

pisteuō🔊 πιστεύωpi sigma tau epsilon upsilon omega

“to believe, trust, rely on”

• 🔊 πίστιςpís-tisfaith, trustHebrews 11:1
• 🔊 πιστόςpis-tosfaithful, trustworthy1 Corinthians 1:9