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

John 7:48 None (mē | μή | particle) of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have (mē | μή | particle) they (mē | μή | particle)?
John 7:49 As for this mob that does not (mē | μή | particle) know the law — they are accursed!”
John 7:51 “Surely our law does not (mē | μή | particle) judge a man unless it first hears from him and finds out what he is doing, does (mē | μή | particle) it?” (mē | μή | particle)
John 7:52 They replied to him, saying, “You too are not (mē | μή | particle) from Galilee, are (mē | μή | particle) you (mē | μή | particle)? Search and you will see that no prophet will arise from Galilee.”
John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:24 This is why I said to you that you would die in your sins, for if you do not (mē | μή | particle) believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
John 8:51 I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”
John 8:52 The Jews therefore said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’
John 8:53 Surely you are not (mē | μή | particle) greater than our father Abraham, are (mē | μή | particle) you (mē | μή | particle)? He died as did the prophets. Who are you making yourself out to be?”
John 9:27 He answered them, “I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You do not (mē | μή | particle) want to become his disciples too, do (mē | μή | particle) you?” (mē | μή | particle)
John 9:33 If this man were not (mē | μή | particle) from God, he could do nothing.”
John 9:39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who cannot (mē | μή | particle) see may receive their sight, and that those who think they see may become blind.”
John 9:40 Some of the Pharisees who were near him heard this, and said to him, “Surely we are not (mē | μή | particle) blind too, are (mē | μή | particle) we?” (mē | μή | particle)
John 10:1 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not (mē | μή | particle) enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
John 10:5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
John 10:21 Others were saying, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
John 10:28 and I give them eternal life. They will never perish, and no one will ever snatch them out of my hand.
John 10:37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not (mē | μή | particle) believe me;
John 10:38 but if I am doing them, even if you do not (mē | μή | particle) believe me, believe the works, that you may come to know and be certain that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”
John 11:26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:37 But some of them said, “Was not this man, who could open the eyes of the blind man, able to do something so that Lazarus would not (mē | μή | particle) have died?”
John 11:50 Nor do you not realize that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation should not (mē | μή | particle) perish?”
John 11:56 They were looking for Jesus and were talking with one another as they were standing in the temple, “What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?”
John 12:15 “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt!”