akmen marks the continuing absence of understanding in a question addressed to the hearers.

The attested use marks an ongoing lack of understanding: in Matthew 15:16, it occurs in a question asking whether the hearers remain without understanding.

1. Continuing lack of understanding · dominant

   In Matthew 15:16, the adverb occurs in the question about whether the hearers are yet without understanding; the APB renders the clause, “Are you still without understanding?”

   Matthew 15:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 15:16, the APB presents the clause as “Are you still without understanding?” This rendering confirms the question's continuing condition without isolating every word precisely.