Luke 20:27:9Luke.20.27.W9TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
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MAY
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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    pro-sel-THON-tes DE TI-nes tôn sad-dou-KAI-ôn hoi an-ti-LE-gon-tes a-NA-sta-sin MÊ EI-nai e-pê-RÔ-tê-san au-TON

Exegesis

The object clause anastasin me einai {ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι | a-ná-sta-sin mḕ eî-nai} contains an infinitival construction that expresses the content of their denial, with anastasin as the object of the infinitive einai and the negative particle me marking negation of the proposition.

In contextLuke 20:27

But some of the Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection , approached and questioned Him .

About this coordinate

Luke 20:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 20:27, 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 Luke.20.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.27.W9.S1) and character.