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

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.