Luke 22:18:5Luke.22.18.W5TAB

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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    LE-gō gar hy-MEEN ou MÊ PI-ō a-PO tou NYN a-PO tou ge-NE-ma-tos tês am-PE-lou HE-ōs hou hê ba-si-LEI-a tou the-OU EL-thêi

Exegesis

The emphatic negative sequence ou mē {οὐ μὴ | ou mē} with piō {πίω | píō} forms a forceful refusal, not a mere hesitation, and English naturally represents this as a firm future-facing denial.

In contextLuke 22:18

For I say to you, from this time forward I will certainly not drink from the vine’s yield until the kingdom of God comes.

About this coordinate

Luke 22:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 22:18, 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.22.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.18.W5.S1) and character.