Vocabulary Form
μή
Definition

not, lest

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
1042
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

James 3:1 Not (mē | μή | particle) many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that those of us who teach will be judged by a stricter standard.
James 3:12 My brothers, can a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring supply fresh water.
James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not (mē | μή | particle) be arrogant and tell lies against the truth.
James 4:2 You desire and do not have; you murder and envy and cannot obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not (mē | μή | particle) ask.
James 4:11 Do not (mē | μή | particle) speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
James 4:17 So the person who knows what is right to do and fails (mē | μή | particle) to do it, for him it is sin.
James 5:9 Do not (mē | μή | particle) complain against one another, my brothers, lest you be judged. Look, the judge is standing at the doors.
James 5:12 Above all, my brothers, do not (mē | μή | particle) swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. Rather let your “Yes” be yes and your “No,” no, so that you may not (mē | μή | particle) fall under judgment.
James 5:17 Elijah was a man exactly like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not (mē | μή | particle) rain, and for three years and six months no rain fell on the earth.
1 Peter 1:8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though not (mē | μή | particle) seeing him now, yet believing in him, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and filled with glory,
1 Peter 1:14 As children of obedience, do not (mē | μή | particle) be conformed to the desires you used to have in your time of ignorance
1 Peter 2:6 For it says in scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
1 Peter 2:16 Live as free people, not (mē | μή | particle) as those using freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as servants of God.
1 Peter 3:6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him “my lord.” You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not (mē | μή | particle) fear any intimidation.
1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, in the same way, live with them with understanding, showing honor to the woman as a weaker vessel, since you are joint heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers may not (mē | μή | particle) be hindered.
1 Peter 3:9 not (mē | μή | particle) returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary blessing, because for this you were called that you might inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 3:10 For “The one who desires to love life and to see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from (mē | μή | particle) speaking deceit.
1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you. And do not (mē | μή | particle) fear their threats or be troubled,
1 Peter 4:4 In all this, they are surprised that you do not (mē | μή | particle) plunge with them into the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you.
1 Peter 4:12 Dear friends, do not (mē | μή | particle) be surprised that a trial by fire is taking place among you, as though something strange were happening to you.
1 Peter 4:15 But none (mē | μή | particle) of you should suffer as a murderer or a thief or a criminal or as a meddler in the affairs of another;
1 Peter 4:16 but if someone suffers as a Christian, he should not (mē | μή | particle) be disgraced, but should glorify God by this name.
1 Peter 5:2 shepherd the flock of God among you, watching over it — not (mē | μή | particle) because you have to, but voluntarily, as God would have it; not for shameful gain but eagerly.
2 Peter 1:9 For the one who does not (mē | μή | particle) have these qualities is blind; he is nearsighted, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins.
2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election. For by doing these things you will never come to ruin.