οὐ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οὐ

   oo

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ τοῦ προφήτου.

   KAI sê-MEI-on oo do-THÊ-se-tai au-TÊ ei MÊ TO sê-MEI-on i-ô-NA TOO pro-PHÊ-too

   and a sign not will be given to it if not the sign of Jonah the prophet
3. clause🔊 Γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ, καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ τοῦ προφήτου.

   ye-ne-A po-nê-RA KAI moi-kha-LIS sê-MEI-on e-pi-zê-TEI KAI sê-MEI-on oo do-THÊ-se-tai au-TÊ ei MÊ TO sê-MEI-on i-ô-NA TOO pro-PHÊ-too

   evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign and a sign not will be given to it if not the sign of Jonah the prophet
4. sentence🔊 ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ, καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ τοῦ προφήτου.

   HO DE a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen au-TOIS ye-ne-A po-nê-RA KAI moi-kha-LIS sê-MEI-on e-pi-zê-TEI KAI sê-MEI-on oo do-THÊ-se-tai au-TÊ ei MÊ TO sê-MEI-on i-ô-NA TOO pro-PHÊ-too

   but He having answered said to them evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign and a sign not will be given to it if not the sign of Jonah the prophet

Exegesis

The future passive ou dothesetai {οὐ δοθήσεται | ou do-thḗ-se-tai} with strong negation ou marks the certainty that a sign will not be granted to this generation (aute {αὐτῇ | au-tḗ}).

Root and etymology

Ἰησοῦς🔊 Ἰησοῦςiota–eta–sigma–omicron–upsilon–sigma

“Yahweh is salvation”