Matthew 19:4:5Matt.19.4.W5TAB

Οὐκ

ook

Not

Transliteration
ook
Extended
ook
IPA
/uːk/

Meaning by language

English
Not

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    ook

  2. clause

    ook a-NEG-no-te HO-ti ho KTI-sas ap ar-KHÊS AR-sen KAI THÊ-ly e-POI-ê-sen au-TOOS

  3. sentence

    ho DE a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen ook a-NEG-no-te HO-ti ho KTI-sas ap ar-KHÊS AR-sen KAI THÊ-ly e-POI-ê-sen au-TOOS

Exegesis

The interrogative challenge is expressed through the negative aorist indicative ouk anegnōte {Οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε | Ouk anégnōte} ‘have you not read’, a rhetorical question presuming familiarity with Scripture and emphasizing the authority of the written text.

In contextMatthew 19:4

But He answered and said, “Have you not read that the One who created them from the beginning made them male and female ?”

About this coordinate

Matthew 19:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 19:4, so the Greek word Οὐκ (ook) 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.19.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.4.W5.S1) and character.