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

1 Thessalonians 4:5 not (mē | μή | particle) with the passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not (mē | μή | particle) know God.
1 Thessalonians 4:6 No (mē | μή | particle) one should sin against or take advantage of his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, as indeed we told you beforehand with solemn warning.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, so that you will not (mē | μή | particle) grieve as others do who have no (mē | μή | particle) hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain behind until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep,
1 Thessalonians 5:3 When they are saying, “Peace and security,” it is then that sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 So then let us not (mē | μή | particle) fall asleep as others do; rather let us stay awake and be sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that no (mē | μή | conj) one pays back anyone evil for evil, but always pursue what is good both for one another and for all.
1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not (mē | μή | particle) quench the Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 5:20 do not (mē | μή | particle) scoff at prophetic utterances,
2 Thessalonians 1:8 in flaming fire, inflicting punishment on those who do not (mē | μή | particle) know God, and who do not (mē | μή | particle) obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
2 Thessalonians 2:2 not (mē | μή | particle) to be quickly shaken out of your wits or disturbed, either by a prophecy or by a spoken word or by a letter purporting to come from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no (mē | μή | particle) one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
2 Thessalonians 2:12 that they all may be condemned who did not (mē | μή | particle) believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Thessalonians 3:6 But we charge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to stay away from any brother who conducts himself in a disorderly manner and not (mē | μή | particle) according to the tradition that they received from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead we kept working night and day with toil and hardship, so we would not (mē | μή | particle) be a burden to any of you,
2 Thessalonians 3:13 But you, brothers, must not (mē | μή | particle) become discouraged in doing what is right.
2 Thessalonians 3:14 Now if anyone does not obey what we say in this epistle, take note of that person and do not (mē | μή | particle) associate with him, so that he will feel ashamed.
2 Thessalonians 3:15 Do not (mē | μή | particle) regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
1 Timothy 1:3 Just as I urged you to stay on in Ephesus while I was traveling to Macedonia, so that you might command certain people not (mē | μή | particle) to continue teaching any different doctrine
1 Timothy 1:7 wishing to be teachers of the law even though they do not (mē | μή | particle) understand either what they are saying or concerning what things they are so dogmatically asserting.
1 Timothy 1:20 among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered over to Satan so that they might be taught through punishment not (mē | μή | particle) to blaspheme.
1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise, I also desire that the women should adorn themselves in respectable attire, with modesty and moderation, not (mē | μή | particle) with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly clothing,
1 Timothy 3:3 not (mē | μή | particle) a drunkard, not (mē | μή | particle) violent but gracious, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money,
1 Timothy 3:6 not (mē | μή | particle) a recent convert, lest having become conceited, he fall into the judgment of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:7 And it is also necessary for an overseer to have a good reputation with those outside, lest he fall into reproach, which is the snare of the devil.