Vocabulary Form
μή
Definition

not, lest

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
1042
GK
3590
Mnemonics

He may or may not!

Verse

All do μή speak in tongues, do they? (1 Cor 12:29)

Notes

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

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 1:19 Because her husband Joseph was a just man and unwilling (mē | μή | particle) to disgrace her in public, he planned to release her quietly.
Matthew 1:20 But as he pondered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 2:12 And being warned in a dream not (mē | μή | particle) to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another way.
Matthew 3:9 and do not (mē | μή | particle) presume you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
Matthew 3:10 Even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees; so any tree that does not (mē | μή | particle) bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how will it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under foot by those who pass by.
Matthew 5:17 “Do not (mē | μή | particle) think that I came to abolish the law or the prophets. I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.
Matthew 5:18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single iota or one little stroke will pass from the law until everything takes place.
Matthew 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:26 I tell you the truth, you will certainly not get out of there until you have paid the last penny.
Matthew 5:29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away for it is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away for it is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:34 But I say to you, do not (mē | μή | particle) take an oath at all; neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
Matthew 5:39 But I say to you, do not (mē | μή | particle) resist the evildoer; but whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other as well.
Matthew 5:42 Give to the one who asks of you, and do not (mē | μή | particle) turn down the one who wants to borrow from you.
Matthew 6:1 “Take care not (mē | μή | particle) to perform your good deeds before others so as to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:2 So whenever you give alms do not (mē | μή | particle) sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward.
Matthew 6:3 But when you are giving alms, do not (mē | μή | particle) let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Matthew 6:7 “And when you are praying, do not (mē | μή | particle) babble on, as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Matthew 6:8 Do not (mē | μή | particle) be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:13 And do not (mē | μή | particle) bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
Matthew 6:15 but if you do not (mē | μή | particle) forgive others their offenses, neither will your Father forgive your offenses.
Matthew 6:16 “And when you fast, do not (mē | μή | particle) put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces so that they will appear to others as fasting; I tell you the truth, they have their reward.
Matthew 6:18 so that you will not (mē | μή | particle) appear to others as fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:19 “Do not (mē | μή | particle) lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal;