Mark 13:36:1Mark.13.36.W1TAB

μὴ

lest

Transliteration
Extended
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
lest

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

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  2. sentence

    mê el-THÔN ek-SAI-phnês HEU-rê hy-MAS ka-THEU-don-tas

Exegesis

The verse forms a negative purpose or precautionary clause introduced by me {μὴ | mē}, which here has the force of “lest,” signaling what is to be avoided.

Root and etymology

oikodomeōomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–delta–omicron–mu–epsilon–omega

to build up, construct

In contextMark 13:36

Lest, having come suddenly, He should find you sleeping .

About this coordinate

Mark 13:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 13:36, 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 Mark.13.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.36.W1.S1) and character.