Revelation 21:25:5Rev.21.25.W5TAB

οὐ

ou

not

Transliteration
ou
Extended
oo
IPA
//

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    ou

  2. sentence

    KAI hoi py-LO-nes au-TÊS ou MÊ klei-STHÔ-sin hê-ME-ras nyks gar ouk ES-tai e-KEI

Exegesis

The verb is formed by the emphatic negation ou {οὐ | ou} mē {μή | mē} plus the aorist passive subjunctive kleisthôsin {κλεισθῶσιν | kleis-thô-sin}, literally ‘shall by no means be shut’, expressing absolute denial.

Root and etymology

ouranosomicron–upsilon–rho–alpha–nu–omicron–sigma

sky, heaven

In contextRevelation 21:25

And her gates will never be shut in the daytime, for night will not exist there.

About this coordinate

Revelation 21:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Revelation 21:25, 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 Rev.21.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.25.W5.S1) and character.