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
| 2 Corinthians 8:20 | We are taking this precaution so that no (mē | μή | conj) one should blame us for the way we are administering this generous gift, |
| 2 Corinthians 9:3 | But I am sending these brothers so that what we say in praise of you may not (mē | μή | particle) be an empty boast in this instance, that you may be ready just as I said you would be. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:4 | Lest (mē | μή | conj) perhaps if some Macedonians should come with me and not find you ready, we — to say nothing (mē | μή | particle) of you — would be humiliated by this confidence. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:5 | Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange beforehand the generous contribution you had previously promised, so that it would be ready as a generous gift and not (mē | μή | particle) as something you had to do. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:7 | Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not (mē | μή | particle) reluctantly nor under constraint, for it is the cheerful giver whom God loves. |
| 2 Corinthians 10:2 | I ask that when I am present I may not (mē | μή | particle) have to be “bold,” with such a confidence as I expect I will dare to use against those who think that we are walking according to the flesh. |
| 2 Corinthians 10:9 | I do not (mē | μή | particle) want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters. |
| 2 Corinthians 10:14 | For it is not as though we had not (mē | μή | particle) come to you, over-reaching ourselves, for we did come even as far as you with the gospel of Christ. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:3 | But I am afraid, however (mē | μή | conj), that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be led astray from the simplicity and purity that is in Christ. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:16 | Again I say, let no (mē | μή | particle) one think me foolish. But even if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:5 | On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weakness. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:6 | For even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I would be telling the truth. But I refrain from this, so that no (mē | μή | conj) one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or he hears from me, |
| 2 Corinthians 12:7 | especially because of the extraordinary character of my revelations. Therefore in order that I should not (mē | μή | particle) become conceited, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not (mē | μή | particle) become conceited. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:13 | For in what way were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice! |
| 2 Corinthians 12:17 | I did not (mē | μή | particle) take advantage of you through anyone I sent to you, did (mē | μή | particle) I (mē | μή | particle)? |
| 2 Corinthians 12:20 | For I am afraid that perhaps (mē | μή | conj) when I come I may find you not as I would wish, and that I may be found by you not as you would wish; perhaps (mē | μή | conj) there will be strife, jealousy, flaring anger, selfish ambition, backbiting, gossiping, conceit, disorder. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:21 | I am afraid that when I come, my God may again humble me before you, and that I will mourn for many who have sinned earlier and have not (mē | μή | particle) repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery in which they indulged. |
| 2 Corinthians 13:7 | Now we pray to God that you may not (mē | μή | particle) do anything wrong, not that we would appear as having passed the test, but that you may do what is right even though we may appear as having failed. |
| 2 Corinthians 13:10 | Therefore I write these things while I am absent, so that when I am present I may not (mē | μή | particle) have to treat you harshly according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not tearing down. |
| Galatians 1:7 | not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are trying to confuse you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. |
| Galatians 1:19 | But I did not see any of the other apostles — except James, the Lord’s brother. |
| Galatians 2:2 | I went up in response to a revelation and laid out before them — though privately before the acknowledged leaders — the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, lest (mē | μή | conj) somehow I was running, or had run, in vain. |
| Galatians 2:16 | yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, since no one will be justified by the works of the law. |
| Galatians 2:17 | But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Of course not! (mē | μή | particle) |
| Galatians 3:21 | Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! (mē | μή | particle) For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. |
| Galatians 4:8 | Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not (mē | μή | particle) gods. |
| Galatians 4:11 | I am afraid that I may have labored over you to no avail. |
| Galatians 4:18 | Now to be zealous for a good purpose is always good, not (mē | μή | particle) just when I am present with you. |
| Galatians 4:30 | But what does the Scripture say? “Drive away the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman must not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.” |
| Galatians 5:1 | For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not (mē | μή | particle) be subject again to a yoke of slavery. |
| Galatians 5:7 | You were running well; who hindered you from (mē | μή | particle) obeying the truth? |
| Galatians 5:13 | For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not (mē | μή | particle) use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. |
| Galatians 5:15 | But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out that you are not (mē | μή | conj) consumed by one another. |
| Galatians 5:16 | So I say, live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. |
| Galatians 5:17 | For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to one another, to keep you from (mē | μή | particle) doing the things you want to do. |
| Galatians 5:26 | Let us not (mē | μή | particle) become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another. |
| Galatians 6:1 | My brothers, if someone is detected in some wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore that one in a spirit of gentleness, taking care lest (mē | μή | conj) you yourself be tempted. |
| Galatians 6:7 | Do not (mē | μή | particle) be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that will he also reap. |
| Galatians 6:9 | So let us not (mē | μή | particle) grow tired of doing what is right, for in due time we will reap, if we do not (mē | μή | particle) give up. |
| Galatians 6:12 | Those who want to make a good showing in the flesh, they are the ones trying to force you to be circumcised — only so that they may not (mē | μή | particle) be persecuted for the cross of Christ. |
| Galatians 6:14 | But may I never (mē | μή | particle) boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. |
| Ephesians 2:9 | it is not of works, so that no (mē | μή | particle) one may boast. |
| Ephesians 2:12 | remember that at that time you were apart from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no (mē | μή | particle) hope and without God in the world. |
| Ephesians 3:13 | I ask you, therefore, not (mē | μή | particle) to be discouraged because of my sufferings on your behalf, which are your glory. |
| Ephesians 4:9 | Now the expression “he ascended,” what does it imply except that he also descended to the lower regions, to the earth? |
| Ephesians 4:26 | If you get angry, do not (mē | μή | particle) sin; do not (mē | μή | particle) allow the sun to go down on your anger |
| Ephesians 4:29 | Let no (mē | μή | particle) evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is useful for building up, as the need arises, that it may benefit those who hear. |
| Ephesians 4:30 | And do not (mē | μή | particle) grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. |
| Ephesians 5:7 | Therefore do not (mē | μή | particle) become partners with them; |
| Ephesians 5:11 | And do not (mē | μή | particle) take part in the fruitless deeds of darkness but instead expose them, |
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.