John 20:29:11John.20.29.W11TAB
μὴ
mê
“not”
- Transliteration
- MÊ
- Extended
- MÊ
- IPA
- /meː/
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
- clause
HO-ti he-ô-ra-KAS me pe-PI-steu-kas ma-KA-ri-oi hoi MÊ i-DON-tes KAI pi-STEU-san-tes
- sentence
LE-gei au-TO ho ee-ay-SOOS HO-ti he-ô-ra-KAS me pe-PI-steu-kas ma-KA-ri-oi hoi MÊ i-DON-tes KAI pi-STEU-san-tes
Exegesis
The second half turns to a beatitude: makarioi {μακάριοι | ma-ká-ri-oi} is fronted for emphasis, and the articular participial phrase hoi mē idontes kai pisteusantes {οἱ μὴ ἰδόντες καὶ πιστεύσαντες | hoi mē i-dón-tes kai pis-teú-san-tes} functions substantivally to describe a whole class whose faith is not dependent on physical sight.
The negative mē {μὴ | mē} marks the absence of sight, while kai {καὶ | kaí} binds the two participles into one unified description of believing without seeing.
In context — John 20:29
Jesus says to him, “Since you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who did not see and yet believed.”
About this coordinate
John 20:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of John 20:29, 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 John.20.29.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.29.W11.S1) and character.