Matthew 13:15:18Matt.13.15.W18TAB
μήποτε
mêpote
“lest”
- Transliteration
- MÊ-po-te
- Extended
- MÊ-poh-teh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛː.po.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ-po-te
- sentence
e-pa-KHYUN-thê gar hê kar-DI-a tou la-OU TOU-tou kai tois ô-SIN ba-RE-ôs Ê-kou-san kai tous opʰ-thal-MOUS au-TÔN e-KAM-my-san MÊ-po-te I-DÔ-sin tois opʰ-thal-MOIS kai tois ô-SIN a-KOU-sô-sin kai tê kar-DI-a sy-NÔ-sin kai e-pi-STRE-psô-sin kai i-A-so-mai au-TOUS
Exegesis
The conjunction mḗpote {μήποτε | mḗpote} ‘lest’ introduces a negative purpose clause containing the subjunctives idōsin {ἴδωσιν | ídōsin} ‘they might see’, akoúsōsin {ἀκούσωσιν | akoúsōsin} ‘they might hear’, synōsin {συνῶσιν | synôsin} ‘they might understand’, and epistrépsōsin {ἐπιστρέψωσιν | epistrépsōsin} ‘they might turn’, each framed by toîs ophthalmmoîs, toîs ōsín, tē kardía {τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, τοῖς ὠσὶν, τῇ καρδίᾳ | toîs ophthalmmoîs, toîs ōsín, tē kardία} ‘with the eyes, with the ears, with the heart’, forming a rhetorical triad.
In context — Matthew 13:15
For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear heavily, and they have closed their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:15:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Matthew 13:15, so the Greek word μήποτε (mêpote) 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.13.15.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.15.W18.S1) and character.