Definition
not, lest
Vocabulary Form
μή
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
| Mark 9:41 | For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will most certainly not lose his reward. |
| Mark 10:9 | Therefore what God has joined together, let not (mē | μή | particle) man divide.” |
| Mark 10:14 | But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me. Do not (mē | μή | particle) prevent them, for of such is the kingdom of God. |
| Mark 10:15 | I tell you the truth, whoever does not (mē | μή | particle) receive the kingdom of God as a child will never enter it.” |
| Mark 10:18 | But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one — God. |
| Mark 10:19 | You know the commandments: ‘Do not (mē | μή | particle) murder, Do not (mē | μή | particle) commit adultery, Do not (mē | μή | particle) steal, Do not (mē | μή | particle) bear false witness, Do not (mē | μή | particle) defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” |
| Mark 10:30 | who will not (mē | μή | particle) receive one hundredfold now in this present time — houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions — and in the coming age, eternal life. |
| Mark 11:13 | And seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. And when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. |
| Mark 11:23 | I tell you the truth, that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not (mē | μή | particle) waver in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. |
| Mark 12:14 | When they came they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that the opinion of another is of no concern to you. For you do not regard the position of men, but you truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay tax to Caesar, or not? Should we give, or should we not (mē | μή | particle) pay?” |
| Mark 12:18 | And the Sadducees, who say there is no (mē | μή | particle) resurrection, came to him, and they were questioning him, saying, |
| Mark 12:19 | “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother should die and leave behind a wife, but not (mē | μή | particle) leave behind a child, the brother should take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. |
| Mark 12:21 | Then the second brother took her, and he died, leaving behind no (mē | μή | particle) offspring. And the third likewise. |
| Mark 12:24 | Jesus said to them, “Are you not mistaken for this reason, that you know neither (mē | μή | particle) the scriptures nor the power of God? |
| Mark 13:2 | And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not a single stone will be left here resting on another that will not be thrown down.” |
| Mark 13:5 | And Jesus began to speak to them, “Watch out lest (mē | μή | conj) someone mislead you. |
| Mark 13:7 | And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not (mē | μή | particle) be alarmed; those things must happen, but the end is not yet. |
| Mark 13:11 | And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not (mē | μή | particle) worry ahead of time what you should say, but whatever is given you in that hour, speak; for you are not the ones who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit. |
| Mark 13:15 | Let the one who is on the housetop not (mē | μή | particle) come down, nor enter his house to remove anything |
| Mark 13:16 | and let the one who is in the field not (mē | μή | particle) return to get his cloak. |
| Mark 13:18 | And pray that it may not (mē | μή | particle) happen during winter, |
| Mark 13:19 | because those will be days of such tribulation as has never happened from the beginning of creation, which God created, until now, nor ever will be. |
| Mark 13:20 | And unless the Lord had cut short the number of days, no one would survive; but on account of the elect, whom he chose, he cut short the days. |
| Mark 13:21 | And then if someone should say to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ — do not (mē | μή | particle) believe it. |
| Mark 13:30 | I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things begin to take place. |