Mark 13:5:8Mark.13.5.W8TAB
μή
mê
“lest”
- Transliteration
- MÊ
- Extended
- mêê
- IPA
- /mɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ
- sentence
ho de ee-ay-SOOS ÊRX-a-to LE-gein au-TOIS BLÉ-pe-te MÊ tis hy-MAS pla-NÊ-sêi
Exegesis
The clause me tis hymas planesē {μή τις ὑμᾶς πλανήσῃ | mē tis hy-mâs pla-nḗ-sē} is a negative purpose or prevention clause, with me plus the aorist subjunctive planesē expressing the aim of the warning (“in order that no one may deceive you”). The indefinite pronoun tis broadens the scope to any potential deceiver, and hymas in the emphatic second person plural places the focus squarely on the hearers’ spiritual safety. In translation, the Greek verb–subject–object ordering in the narrative frame is rendered in a more natural subject–verb–object order in English (“Jesus began to say to them”), while preserving the force of the imperative (“Take heed” / “Watch out”) and the preventative nuance of the subjunctive clause (“lest anyone deceive you” / “so that no one misleads you”).
Root and etymology
oikodomeōomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–delta–omicron–mu–epsilon–omega
“to build up, construct”
In context — Mark 13:5
And Jesus began to say to them, “Take heed , lest anyone deceive you.”
About this coordinate
Mark 13:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 13:5, so the Greek word μή (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 Mark.13.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.5.W8.S1) and character.