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

Luke 5:34 So Jesus said to them, “Certainly you cannot (mē | μή | particle) make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
Luke 5:36 He also told a parable to them: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he both tears the new, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
Luke 5:37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
Luke 6:4 how he entered the house of God, and taking the Bread of the Presence, he ate it and gave some to those with him — which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?”
Luke 6:29 To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from the one who takes your coat, do not (mē | μή | particle) withhold even your shirt.
Luke 6:30 To all who ask of you, give, and from the one who takes away what belongs to you, do not (mē | μή | particle) demand it back.
Luke 6:37 Do not (mē | μή | particle) judge, and you will not be judged; do not (mē | μή | particle) condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Luke 6:49 But the one who hears and does not (mē | μή | particle) do them is like a man building a house on the ground without a foundation; when the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
Luke 7:6 So Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not (mē | μή | particle) trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof.
Luke 7:13 Seeing her, the Lord had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) weep.”
Luke 7:23 And blessed is whoever is not (mē | μή | particle) offended by me.”
Luke 7:30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers (those who had not (mē | μή | particle) been baptized by John) rejected the purpose of God for themselves.
Luke 7:33 For John the Baptist has come neither (mē | μή | particle) eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
Luke 7:42 When they were unable (mē | μή | particle) to pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
Luke 8:6 Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered away, because it had no (mē | μή | particle) moisture.
Luke 8:10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables, so that seeing they may not (mē | μή | particle) see, and hearing they may not (mē | μή | particle) understand.
Luke 8:12 Those along the path are the ones who hear — then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not (mē | μή | particle) believe and be saved.
Luke 8:17 For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor secret that will not come to light.
Luke 8:18 “Take care, then, how you hear! For whoever has — more will be given to him; and whoever does not (mē | μή | particle) have — even what he seems to have will be taken away from him.”
Luke 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell prostate before him and in a loud voice said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not (mē | μή | particle) torment me!?”
Luke 8:31 And they begged him not (mē | μή | particle) to order them to go away into the abyss.
Luke 8:50 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid, only believe, and she will get better.”
Luke 8:51 When he went into the house he did not allow anyone to go in with him except Peter and John and James, and the father of the child and her mother.
Luke 8:52 And they were all weeping and mourning for her. He said, “Stop (mē | μή | particle) weeping, for she did not die; but is sleeping.”
Luke 9:5 And wherever they do not (mē | μή | particle) receive you, leave that town and shake off the dust from your feet as an act that testifies against them.”