Matthew 13:11:18Matt.13.11.W18TAB
οὐ
ou
“not”
- Transliteration
- ou
- Extended
- oo
- IPA
- /uː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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ou
- sentence
ho de a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen au-TOIS HO-ti hy-MEEN DE-do-tai GNO-nai ta my-STE-ree-a tês ba-si-LEI-as tôn ou-ra-NÔN e-KEI-nois de ou DE-do-tai
Exegesis
The final clause ekeinois de ou dedotai {ἐκείνοις δὲ οὐ δέδοται | ekeínois dè ou dédotai} mirrors the earlier structure, repeating the same verb with explicit negation to create a sharp antithesis between “you” and “those.” In translation, this parallelism is maintained by using a causal “because” and by preserving the paired positive and negative clauses, while retaining key theological terms such as “mysteries” and “kingdom of the heavens” in a way that is clear in English.
Root and etymology
Iesousiota–eta–sigma–omicron–upsilon–sigma
“Yahweh is salvation”
In context — Matthew 13:11
But He answered and said to them, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those it has not been given.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:11:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Matthew 13:11, so the Greek word οὐ (ou) 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 Matt.13.11.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.11.W18.S1) and character.