For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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μή
Vocabulary form:
mhv
Definition:
not, lest
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,042
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 ouj but is used in different situations that we will discuss later.
Biblical Concordance
| Romans 8:4 | so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not (mē | μή | particle) walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. |
| Romans 9:14 | What then shall we say? Is there not (mē | μή | particle) injustice on God’s part? By no means! (mē | μή | particle) |
| Romans 9:20 | But who are you, a mere mortal, to criticize God? Certainly the thing that is molded may not (mē | μή | particle) say to the one who molded it, “Why have you made me like this?” |
| Romans 9:29 | And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of hosts had not (mē | μή | particle) left to us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.” |
| Romans 9:30 | What then shall we say? — that the Gentiles who did not (mē | μή | particle) pursue righteousness have obtained it, the righteousness that is by faith; |
| Romans 10:6 | But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), |
| Romans 10:15 | And how are they to proclaim the message unless they are sent? As it is written, “How timely are the feet of those who preach good news!” |
| Romans 10:18 | But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they (mē | μή | particle) have (mē | μή | particle), for, “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” |
| Romans 10:19 | But I ask, did Israel not understand? First of all, Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; by a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.” |
| Romans 10:20 | Then Isaiah very boldly says, “I was found by those who were not (mē | μή | particle) looking for me; I became well known to those who were not (mē | μή | particle) asking for me.” |
| Romans 11:1 | So I ask, has God repudiated his people? By no means! (mē | μή | particle) For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. |
| Romans 11:8 | as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not (mē | μή | particle) see and ears that would not (mē | μή | particle) hear, to this very day.” |
| Romans 11:10 | May their eyes be darkened so they cannot (mē | μή | particle) see, and keep their backs constantly bent.” |
| Romans 11:11 | So I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? By no means! (mē | μή | particle) But because of their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles so as to make Israel jealous. |
| Romans 11:15 | For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? |
| Romans 11:18 | do not (mē | μή | particle) become arrogant toward the branches. But if you do, consider this: it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. |
| Romans 11:20 | That is true. They were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not (mē | μή | particle) be proud, but stand in awe. |
| Romans 11:21 | For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps (mē | μή | conj) he will not spare you either. |
| Romans 11:23 | And even they, if they do not (mē | μή | particle) continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. |
| Romans 11:25 | I do not want you to be uninformed, my brothers, of this mystery — so that you may not (mē | μή | particle) be wise in your own conceits — that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. |
| Romans 12:2 | And do not (mē | μή | particle) be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. |
| Romans 12:3 | For by the grace given to me I say to every one among you that he should not (mē | μή | particle) think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think with sober judgment, as God has assigned to each a measure of faith. |
| Romans 12:11 | do not (mē | μή | particle) lag in zeal; be enthusiastic in spirit; serve the Lord; |
| Romans 12:14 | Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not (mē | μή | particle) curse them. |
| Romans 12:16 | Live in harmony with one another; do not (mē | μή | particle) be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not (mē | μή | particle) be wise in your own estimation. |
| Romans 12:19 | Never (mē | μή | particle) avenge yourselves, dear friends, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” |
| Romans 12:21 | Do not (mē | μή | particle) be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. |
| Romans 13:1 | Every person must be subject to the governing authorities because there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and those that presently exist have been instituted by God. |
| Romans 13:3 | For rulers are not a source of fear for those who do good, but for those who do wrong. Would you have no (mē | μή | particle) fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will receive his approval |
| Romans 13:8 | Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. |
| Romans 13:13 | Let us live becomingly, as in the daytime, not (mē | μή | particle) in carousing and drunkenness, not (mē | μή | particle) in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not (mē | μή | particle) in strife and jealousy. |
| Romans 13:14 | Rather, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no (mē | μή | particle) provision for the sinful nature to gratify its desires. |
| Romans 14:1 | Accept the one who is weak in faith, but do not (mē | μή | particle) argue about his personal opinions. |
| Romans 14:3 | The one who eats everything must not (mē | μή | particle) hold in contempt the one who does not (mē | μή | particle) and the one who abstains (mē | μή | particle) must not (mē | μή | particle) judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him. |
| Romans 14:6 | The one who observes the day observes it for the Lord. And the one who eats, eats for the Lord, because he gives thanks to God; and the one who abstains (mē | μή | particle) from eating, abstains for the Lord and gives thanks to God. |
| Romans 14:13 | Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another, but resolve instead, never (mē | μή | particle) to put an obstacle or a trap in a brother’s way. |
| Romans 14:14 | I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; however, to the one who considers something to be unclean, to him it is unclean. |
| Romans 14:15 | if your brother is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not (mē | μή | particle) destroy by what you eat that brother for whom Christ died. |
| Romans 14:16 | Therefore do not (mē | μή | particle) let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. |
| Romans 14:20 | Do not (mē | μή | particle), for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. All food is indeed clean, but it is wrong to cause another to stumble by what you eat. |
| Romans 14:21 | It is good not (mē | μή | particle) to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything that makes your brother stumble. |
| Romans 14:22 | The faith that you have, keep as your own conviction before God. Blessed is the one who has no (mē | μή | particle) reason to condemn himself for what he approves. |
| Romans 15:1 | We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not (mē | μή | particle) to please ourselves. |
| Romans 15:20 | And thus I have always made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was known, lest I should build on someone else’s foundation; |
| 1 Corinthians 1:7 | so that you do not (mē | μή | particle) lack in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:10 | I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all come to agreement and that there be no (mē | μή | particle) divisions among you, but that you be united in the same frame of mind and the same judgment. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:13 | Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? |
| 1 Corinthians 1:14 | I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, |
| 1 Corinthians 1:15 | so that no (mē | μή | particle) one can say that you were baptized in my name. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:17 | For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be rendered ineffective. |
Mnemonics
mnemonic for greek word may (mh)
You certainly |may| |not| do that, |lest| you get hurt!
Who did this? Not μή.
Who did this? Not μή.