Matthew 17:24:18Matt.17.24.W18TAB

οὐ

ou

does not

Transliteration
ou
Extended
oo
IPA
//

Meaning by language

English
does not

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    ou

  2. clause

    ho di-DA-ska-los hy-MÔN ou te-LEI TA DI-drakh-ma

  3. sentence

    el-THON-tôn DE au-TÔN eis ka-phar-na-OOM pro-SÊL-thon hoi TA DI-drakh-ma lam-BA-non-tes TŌI PE-trōi KAI EI-pan ho di-DA-ska-los hy-MÔN ou te-LEI TA DI-drakh-ma

Exegesis

The direct question ho didaskalos humon ou telei ta didrachma {Ὁ διδάσκαλος ὑμῶν οὐ τελεῖ τὰ δίδραχμα | hô didáskalos humōn ou teleî ta dídrachma} ‘the teacher of you not pays the two-drachma tax’ uses the negative particle ou with telei to form a negative interrogative that expects affirmation of the payment obligation.

Root and etymology

kfar-nahumkfar-nahum

village of Nahum

In contextMatthew 17:24

When they entered Capernaum , the men who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the two-drachma tax, does He not?”

About this coordinate

Matthew 17:24:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Matthew 17:24, 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.17.24.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.17.24.W18.S1) and character.