Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

μή

Vocabulary form: 
μή
Definition: 

not, lest

Frequency: 
1,042
GK: 
3590
Mnemonics: 

He may or may not!

Notes: 

Has the same basic meaning as ouj but is used in different situations that we will discuss later.

Biblical Concordance

Romans 8:4 so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not ( | μή | particle) walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Romans 9:14 What then shall we say? Is there not ( | μή | particle) injustice on God’s part? By no means! ( | μή | particle)
Romans 9:20 But who are you, a mere mortal, to criticize God? Certainly the thing that is molded may not ( | μή | particle) say to the one who molded it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Romans 9:29 And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of hosts had not ( | μή | particle) left to us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.”
Romans 9:30 What then shall we say? — that the Gentiles who did not ( | μή | particle) pursue righteousness have obtained it, the righteousness that is by faith;
Romans 10:6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not ( | μή | particle) say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down),
Romans 10:15 And how are they to proclaim the message unless they are sent? As it is written, “How timely are the feet of those who preach good news!”
Romans 10:18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they ( | μή | particle) have ( | μή | particle), for, “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
Romans 10:19 But I ask, did Israel not understand? First of all, Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; by a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.”
Romans 10:20 Then Isaiah very boldly says, “I was found by those who were not ( | μή | particle) looking for me; I became well known to those who were not ( | μή | particle) asking for me.”
Romans 11:1 So I ask, has God repudiated his people? By no means! ( | μή | particle) For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans 11:8 as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not ( | μή | particle) see and ears that would not ( | μή | particle) hear, to this very day.”
Romans 11:10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot ( | μή | particle) see, and keep their backs constantly bent.”
Romans 11:11 So I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? By no means! ( | μή | particle) But because of their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles so as to make Israel jealous.
Romans 11:15 For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
Romans 11:18 do not ( | μή | particle) become arrogant toward the branches. But if you do, consider this: it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
Romans 11:20 That is true. They were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not ( | μή | particle) be proud, but stand in awe.
Romans 11:21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps ( | μή | conj) he will not spare you either.
Romans 11:23 And even they, if they do not ( | μή | particle) continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Romans 11:25 I do not want you to be uninformed, my brothers, of this mystery — so that you may not ( | μή | particle) be wise in your own conceits — that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Romans 12:2 And do not ( | μή | particle) be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:3 For by the grace given to me I say to every one among you that he should not ( | μή | particle) think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think with sober judgment, as God has assigned to each a measure of faith.
Romans 12:11 do not ( | μή | particle) lag in zeal; be enthusiastic in spirit; serve the Lord;
Romans 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not ( | μή | particle) curse them.
Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another; do not ( | μή | particle) be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not ( | μή | particle) be wise in your own estimation.
Romans 12:19 Never ( | μή | particle) avenge yourselves, dear friends, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Romans 12:21 Do not ( | μή | particle) be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 13:1 Every person must be subject to the governing authorities because there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and those that presently exist have been instituted by God.
Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a source of fear for those who do good, but for those who do wrong. Would you have no ( | μή | particle) fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will receive his approval
Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:13 Let us live becomingly, as in the daytime, not ( | μή | particle) in carousing and drunkenness, not ( | μή | particle) in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not ( | μή | particle) in strife and jealousy.
Romans 13:14 Rather, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no ( | μή | particle) provision for the sinful nature to gratify its desires.
Romans 14:1 Accept the one who is weak in faith, but do not ( | μή | particle) argue about his personal opinions.
Romans 14:3 The one who eats everything must not ( | μή | particle) hold in contempt the one who does not ( | μή | particle) and the one who abstains ( | μή | particle) must not ( | μή | particle) judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.
Romans 14:6 The one who observes the day observes it for the Lord. And the one who eats, eats for the Lord, because he gives thanks to God; and the one who abstains ( | μή | particle) from eating, abstains for the Lord and gives thanks to God.
Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another, but resolve instead, never ( | μή | particle) to put an obstacle or a trap in a brother’s way.
Romans 14:14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; however, to the one who considers something to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Romans 14:15 if your brother is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not ( | μή | particle) destroy by what you eat that brother for whom Christ died.
Romans 14:16 Therefore do not ( | μή | particle) let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.
Romans 14:20 Do not ( | μή | particle), for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. All food is indeed clean, but it is wrong to cause another to stumble by what you eat.
Romans 14:21 It is good not ( | μή | particle) to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything that makes your brother stumble.
Romans 14:22 The faith that you have, keep as your own conviction before God. Blessed is the one who has no ( | μή | particle) reason to condemn himself for what he approves.
Romans 15:1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not ( | μή | particle) to please ourselves.
Romans 15:20 And thus I have always made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was known, lest I should build on someone else’s foundation;
1 Corinthians 1:7 so that you do not ( | μή | particle) lack in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all come to agreement and that there be no ( | μή | particle) divisions among you, but that you be united in the same frame of mind and the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:13 Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 1:14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
1 Corinthians 1:15 so that no ( | μή | particle) one can say that you were baptized in my name.
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be rendered ineffective.

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