Mark 13:21:14Mark.13.21.W14TAB
πιστεύετε
pisteuete
“believe”
- Transliteration
- pis-TEU-e-te
- Extended
- pihs-TEU-eh-teh
- IPA
- /pisˈteu.e.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- believe
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
pis-TEU-e-te
- sentence
KAI TO-te e-AN tis hy-MEEN EI-pê I-de HÔ-de ho khree-STOS I-de e-KEI MÊ pis-TEU-e-te
Exegesis
The apodosis consists of a prohibitory construction, me pisteuete {μὴ πιστεύετε | mē pis-teú-e-te}, using mē with the present subjunctive to express a general, ongoing prohibition: “do not ever believe.” In translation, the conditional structure is preserved with “if anyone says to you,” the direct speech is kept in quotation marks to retain immediacy, and the repeated imperatives are rendered with vivid “Look/See.” The prohibition is expressed as a clear command addressed to the second person plural, reflecting the corporate nature of the warning against deception.
In context — Mark 13:21
And then, if anyone says to you, “Look, here is the Christ ,” or, “Look, there He is,” do not believe it.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Mark 13:21, so the Greek word πιστεύετε (pisteuete) 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 Mark.13.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.21.W14.S1) and character.