Matthew 24:50:16Matt.24.50.W16TAB
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
HÊ-ksei HO KY-ri-os TOU DOU-lou e-KEI-nou EN hê-ME-rai HÊI ou pros-do-KAI KAI EN HÔ-rai HÊI ou yi-NÔ-skei
Exegesis
Two parallel temporal clauses—en hemerai hē ou prosdoka {ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ | en hē-mé-rāi hḗ ou pros-do-kái} ‘on a day which he does not expect’ and en horai hē ou ginoskei {ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γινώσκει | en hṓ-rāi hḗ ou gi-nṓ-skēi} ‘at an hour which he does not know’—employ the relative pronoun hē {ᾗ | hḗ} and the negation ou {οὐ | ou} to underscore the element of surprise. This syntactic parallelism emphasizes vigilance and unawareness. In the formal version, the relative structure is retained for solemnity; in the dynamic rendering, simpler phrasing conveys immediacy and clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootdelta omicron upsilon lambda
“bond-servant”
In context — Matthew 24:50
The master of that servant will come on a day which he does not expect, and at an hour which he does not know.
About this coordinate
Matthew 24:50:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 24:50, 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.24.50.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.24.50.W16.S1) and character.