Revelation 21:25:6Rev.21.25.W6TAB

μὴ

by no means

Transliteration
Extended
may
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
by no means

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

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    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

klēronoméōkappa–lambda–eta–rho–omicron–nu–omicron–mu–epsilon–omega

to inherit, receive by lot

In contextRevelation 21:25

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

About this coordinate

Revelation 21:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Revelation 21:25, 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 Rev.21.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.25.W6.S1) and character.