Romans 3:8:2Rom.3.8.W2TAB
μὴ
mê
“not”
- Transliteration
- MÊ
- Extended
- mê
- IPA
- /mɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ
- sentence
KAI MÊ ka-THÔS blas-phê-MOU-me-tha KAI ka-THÔS pha-SEIN TI-nes hê-MAS LE-gein HO-ti poi-Ê-sô-men ta ka-KA HI-na EL-thê ta a-ga-THA hÔN to KRI-ma EN-di-KON es-TIN
Exegesis
The verse begins with kai mē {καὶ μὴ | kaì mḗ} “and not,” which continues and sharpens the rhetorical argument of the preceding context by presenting an alternative that is emphatically rejected.
In context — Romans 3:8
And why not rather, as we are slandered and as some claim that we say, “Let us do evil things so that good things may come”? Their judgment is just .
About this coordinate
Romans 3:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Romans 3:8, so the Greek word μὴ (mê) 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 Rom.3.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.3.8.W2.S1) and character.