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

Luke 12:29 And you, do not (mē | μή | particle) have as an overriding concern what to eat and what to drink; do not (mē | μή | particle) let such things bother you.
Luke 12:32 Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid, little flock, because your Father has determined in his pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 12:33 Sell your possessions and give alms. Make for yourselves moneybags that do not (mē | μή | particle) wear out, a treasure unfailing in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
Luke 12:47 “And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not (mē | μή | particle) get ready or act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many blows.
Luke 12:48 But the one who did not (mē | μή | particle) know, and did things worthy of blows, will be beaten with few blows. Everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him, and to whom much was handed over, they will ask more of him.
Luke 12:59 I say to you, you will certainly not get out of there until you have paid the last penny.”
Luke 13:3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.
Luke 13:5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.”
Luke 13:9 Perhaps it will bear fruit next year; but if not (mē | μή | particle), you may remove it.’”
Luke 13:11 and there was a woman there who had had a spirit of weakness for eighteen years. She was bent over and not (mē | μή | particle) able to straighten up at all.
Luke 13:14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the ruler of the synagogue said to the crowd, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not (mē | μή | particle) on the Sabbath day.”
Luke 13:35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Luke 14:8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not (mē | μή | particle) take a seat in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host,
Luke 14:12 Then he also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner do not (mē | μή | particle) invite your friends, or your brothers, or or rich neighbors, in case they also invite you in return, and there would be a repayment to you.
Luke 14:29 otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is not (mē | μή | particle) able to complete the tower, all who see it will begin to ridicule him,
Luke 14:32 And if not (mē | μή | particle), while he is yet a great way off, he will send a delegation and ask for terms of peace.
Luke 16:26 Besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been put in place, so that those wishing to cross over from here to you are not (mē | μή | particle) able, and no one can cross from there to us.’
Luke 16:28 (for I have five brothers), that he might warn them so that they might not (mē | μή | particle) come as well into this place of torment.’
Luke 17:1 And he said to his disciples, “It is inevitable that occasions for stumbling will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
Luke 17:9 Does he express thanks to the servant because he did the things that were commanded?
Luke 17:18 Were they not found, so as to return and give praise to God, except this foreigner?”
Luke 17:23 And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or, ‘Look, here!’ Do not (mē | μή | particle) go out or pursue them.
Luke 17:31 “On that day the one who is on the housetop, and his belongings are in the house, must not (mē | μή | particle) go down to get them, and likewise the one who is in the field must not (mē | μή | particle) turn back.
Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable to the effect that they should continue to pray at all times and never (mē | μή | particle) give up.
Luke 18:2 He said, “There was a certain judge in a certain city who neither (mē | μή | particle) feared God nor (mē | μή | particle) had any regard for people.