Luke 20:16:15Luke.20.16.W15TAB
Μὴ
mê
“surely not”
- Transliteration
- MÊ
- Extended
- mê
- IPA
- /mɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely not
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ
- sentence
e-LEU-se-tai KAI a-po-LE-sei tous ge-or-GOUS TOU-tous KAI DO-sei ton am-pe-LO-na AL-lois a-KOU-san-tes de EI-pan MÊ GE-noi-to
Exegesis
The optative construction mē genoito {Μὴ γένοιτο | Mḕ génoito} ‘may it never happen’ expresses a strong wish against the announced outcome. In translation, the future sequence is retained in simple English futures, the shift from the judicial act to the hearers’ reaction is marked with “When they heard this,” and the intensity of the optative is rendered with a forceful idiom to mirror the Greek emotional register.
In context — Luke 20:16
“He will come and destroy these vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “May it never be!”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 20:16, 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 Luke.20.16.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.16.W15.S1) and character.