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
| 1 Corinthians 1:28 | God chose the things that the world considers insignificant and contemptible, what is regarded as nothing (mē | μή | particle), to render useless the things that are, |
| 1 Corinthians 1:29 | so that no (mē | μή | particle) one can boast in the presence of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:2 | For I had decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:5 | so that your faith would not (mē | μή | particle) be based on the wisdom of men but on the power of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:11 | For who can know the thoughts of a man except the man’s own spirit that is in him? In the same way, no one can understand the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:5 | So then, stop (mē | μή | particle) passing judgment on anything before the time, before the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will disclose the motives of the heart. At that time praise will come to each from God. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:6 | I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not (mē | μή | particle) to go beyond what is written, that none (mē | μή | particle) of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:7 | For who sees anything superior in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not (mē | μή | particle) receive it? |
| 1 Corinthians 4:18 | Some have become arrogant, as though I were not (mē | μή | particle) coming to you. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:8 | So let us celebrate the festival, not (mē | μή | particle) with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:9 | I wrote to you in my letter not (mē | μή | particle) to associate with sexually immoral people — |
| 1 Corinthians 5:11 | But now I am writing to you not (mē | μή | particle) to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is a sexually immoral or greedy person, an idolater, slanderer, drunkard, or swindler — not even to eat with such a one. |
| 1 Corinthians 6:9 | Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not (mē | μή | particle) be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, |
| 1 Corinthians 6:15 | Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! (mē | μή | particle) |
| 1 Corinthians 7:1 | Now concerning the matters you wrote about. Yes, “It is good for a man not (mē | μή | particle) to have sexual contact with a woman.” |
| 1 Corinthians 7:5 | Do not (mē | μή | particle) deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a set time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer; then come together again, so that Satan may not (mē | μή | particle) tempt you because of your lack of self-control. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:10 | To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): a wife should not (mē | μή | particle) separate from her husband |
| 1 Corinthians 7:11 | (however if she does, let her remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not (mē | μή | particle) divorce his wife. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:12 | To the rest I say (I, not the Lord): If some brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he should not (mē | μή | particle) divorce her. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:13 | And if some woman has a husband who is not a believer, and he is willing to live with her, she should not (mē | μή | particle) divorce him. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:17 | Only, as the Lord has assigned to each person, as God has called each one, so let that person conduct his life. And thus I prescribe in all the churches. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:18 | If a man was already circumcised when he was called, he should not (mē | μή | particle) conceal his circumcision. If a man was not circumcised when he was called, he should not (mē | μή | particle) submit to circumcision. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:21 | If you were a slave when called, do not (mē | μή | particle) be concerned about it. However, if you are able to gain your freedom, make the most of the opportunity. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:23 | You were bought with a price; do not (mē | μή | particle) become slaves of men. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:27 | If you are married to a wife, do not (mē | μή | particle) seek to be set free; if you are free from a wife, do not (mē | μή | particle) seek a wife. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:29 | And I say this, my brothers: the time has grown short. From now on those who have wives should be as though they had none (mē | μή | particle), |
| 1 Corinthians 7:30 | and those who mourn as though they were not (mē | μή | particle) mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not (mē | μή | particle) rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no (mē | μή | particle) possessions, |
| 1 Corinthians 7:31 | and those who use the world as though they were not (mē | μή | particle) absorbed in it. For the form of this world is passing away. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:37 | However, the man who stands firm in his resolve is under no (mē | μή | particle) compulsion but has control over his desire, and has determined this in his heart to keep her as his virgin, he will do well. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:38 | So then the one who marries his virgin does well, and the one who does not (mē | μή | particle) marry will do even better. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:4 | Therefore, as to the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol has no genuine reality” and that “there is no God but one.” |
| 1 Corinthians 8:8 | Food does not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not (mē | μή | particle) eat, and no better if we do. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:9 | But take care that this right of yours does not (mē | μή | conj) become a stumbling block to the weak. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:13 | Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, again I will never eat meat, lest I cause one of them to stumble. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:4 | Do we not have the right to eat and drink? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:5 | Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, as also the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas do? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:6 | Or is it only I and Barnabas who have no right to refrain (mē | μή | particle) from working? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:8 | Am I saying these things from a merely human point of view? Or does not the Law say the same? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:9 | For in the Law of Moses it is written, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” It is not (mē | μή | particle) for oxen that God is concerned, is (mē | μή | particle) it (mē | μή | particle)? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:12 | If others have a share in this right over you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but endure all things lest we place some obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:16 | If I preach the gospel, I do not have a ground for boasting, for I am compelled to do so. Woe is me if I do not (mē | μή | particle) preach the gospel! |
| 1 Corinthians 9:18 | What then is my reward? That when I preach I may present the gospel free of charge, and so not (mē | μή | particle) make full use of my right in the gospel. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:20 | To the Jews I became as a Jew that I might win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not (mē | μή | particle) under the law) that I might win those under the law. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:21 | To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not (mē | μή | particle) free from the law of God but subject to the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:27 | But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, so that having preached to others I myself should not (mē | μή | conj) be disqualified. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:6 | Now these things took place as examples for us, so that we would not (mē | μή | particle) crave evil things, even as they did. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:12 | So let the one who thinks he stands watch out lest (mē | μή | conj) he fall. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:13 | No trial has overtaken you that is not distinctively human; and God is faithful; he will not let you be tested beyond what you can bear, but with the trial will also provide the way through, so that you will be able to endure it. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:22 | Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? |
| 1 Corinthians 10:28 | However, if someone should say to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not (mē | μή | particle) eat it, for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience — |
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.