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

Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Mark 13:32 But of that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Mark 13:36 lest (mē | μή | conj) coming suddenly he should find you sleeping.
Mark 14:2 but they were saying, “Not (mē | μή | particle) during the festival, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
Mark 14:25 I tell you the truth, I will not again drink from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
Mark 14:31 But Peter exclaimed vehemently, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the others repeated the same thing.
Mark 14:38 Stay alert and pray so that you will not (mē | μή | particle) come into temptation; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.”
Mark 16:6 But he said to them, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be alarmed. You seek Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.
Mark 16:18 with their hands they will pick up snakes; and if they drink any deadly poison it will in no way harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him: “Do not (mē | μή | particle) fear, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.
Luke 1:15 for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine and strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 1:20 And now you will be reduced to silence and not (mē | μή | particle) be able to speak until the day in which these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”
Luke 1:30 And the angel said to her, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid; for behold, I announce to you good news of a great joy which will be for all the people,
Luke 2:26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not (mē | μή | particle) see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
Luke 2:45 When they did not (mē | μή | particle) find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.
Luke 3:8 Bear, then, fruits worthy of repentance. Do not (mē | μή | particle) even begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able, out of these stones, to raise up children to Abraham.
Luke 3:9 Indeed, already the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not (mē | μή | particle) bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Luke 3:11 And he would answer, saying to them, “He who has two tunics, let him share with the one who has none (mē | μή | particle); and he who has food, let him do the same.”
Luke 4:26 and to none of them was Elijah sent, only to Zarephath, in the territory of Sidon, to a widow woman.
Luke 4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, only Naaman, the Syrian.”
Luke 4:42 When daylight came he left and went to a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him. They came to him and tried to keep him from (mē | μή | particle) leaving them,
Luke 5:10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. But Jesus said to Simon, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”
Luke 5:19 But not (mē | μή | particle) finding any way to bring him in on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him, along with the stretcher, through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus.
Luke 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to ponder, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?”