Matthew 16:28:12Matt.16.28.W12TAB

μὴ

ever

Transliteration
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IPA
/ˈmeː/

Meaning by language

English
ever

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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    a-MÊN LE-go hy-MEEN HO-ti ei-SIN ti-NES TÔN HÔ-de hes-TÔ-tôn OI-ti-nes oo MÊ YEU-sôn-tai tha-NA-too HE-ôs AN I-dô-sin TON hyi-ON TOO an-THRÔ-poo er-KHO-me-non en TÊI ba-si-LEI-a au-TOO

Exegesis

The qualitative relative clause hoitines ou mē geusōntai thanatou {οἵτινες οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου | hoítines ou mē geúsōntai thanátou} employs the emphatic negation ou mē with the aorist subjunctive to guarantee that these persons will by no means experience death before a certain event.

Root and etymology

zymēzeta–upsilon–mu–eta

leaven, fermenting agent

In contextMatthew 16:28

Truly, I say to you, some standing here will certainly not taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.

About this coordinate

Matthew 16:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 16:28, 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 Matt.16.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.28.W12.S1) and character.