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 Timothy 3:8 | Deacons, likewise, must be dignified, not (mē | μή | particle) gossips, not (mē | μή | particle) addicted to wine, not (mē | μή | particle) greedy for gain, |
| 1 Timothy 3:11 | Wives likewise must be dignified, not (mē | μή | particle) slanderers, clear-minded, faithful in all things. |
| 1 Timothy 4:14 | Do not (mē | μή | particle) neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the body of elders. |
| 1 Timothy 5:1 | Do not (mē | μή | particle) rebuke but encourage an older man as a father, younger men as brothers, |
| 1 Timothy 5:9 | Let a widow be enrolled if she is not (mē | μή | particle) less than sixty years old, a woman of one man, |
| 1 Timothy 5:13 | But at the same time they also learn to be idlers, flitting about among houses, but not only idlers but also gossips and busybodies, speaking about things that they should not (mē | μή | particle). |
| 1 Timothy 5:16 | If any believing woman has widows, let her care for them, and the church should not (mē | μή | particle) be burdened so that it may care for the true widows. |
| 1 Timothy 5:19 | Do not (mē | μή | particle) accept an accusation against an elder, except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. |
| 1 Timothy 6:1 | As many as are under the yoke as slaves should consider their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and the teaching might not (mē | μή | particle) be blasphemed. |
| 1 Timothy 6:2 | And let those who have believing masters not (mē | μή | particle) despise them because they are brothers; rather, let them serve all the more since those benefiting from their act of kindness are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things. |
| 1 Timothy 6:3 | If someone teaches a different doctrine and does not (mē | μή | particle) adhere to the healthy words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is according to godliness, |
| 1 Timothy 6:17 | Urge the rich in the present age not (mē | μή | particle) to be haughty, or to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches but on God who grants to us all things richly for our enjoyment, |
| 2 Timothy 1:8 | Therefore do not (mē | μή | particle) be ashamed of the testimony concerning our Lord nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the sake of the gospel by the power of God, |
| 2 Timothy 2:5 | Likewise, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive a wreath unless he competes lawfully. |
| 2 Timothy 2:14 | Remind them of these things, solemnly charging them before God not (mē | μή | particle) to continue fighting about words, which results in nothing beneficial but only in the ruin of those listening. |
| 2 Timothy 4:16 | At my first defense no one came forward for me, but everyone deserted me; may it not (mē | μή | particle) be held against them. |
| Titus 1:6 | if anyone is above reproach, a man of one woman, having believing children, not (mē | μή | particle) open to the charge of debauchery or being rebellious. |
| Titus 1:7 | For it is necessary for an overseer to be above reproach as a steward of God, not (mē | μή | particle) arrogant, not (mē | μή | particle) quick-tempered, not (mē | μή | particle) a drunkard, not (mē | μή | particle) violent, not (mē | μή | particle) greedy for gain, |
| Titus 1:11 | It is therefore necessary to muzzle those who are upsetting entire households by teaching what is not (mē | μή | particle) proper for shameful gain. |
| Titus 1:14 | not (mē | μή | particle) being devoted to Jewish myths and commandments of people who are turning away from the truth. |
| Titus 2:3 | Elderly women, likewise, are to be reverent in demeanor, not (mē | μή | particle) slanderers, and not (mē | μή | conj) enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, |
| Titus 2:5 | to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, submissive to their own husbands that the word of God may not (mē | μή | particle) be blasphemed. |
| Titus 2:9 | Urge slaves to be subject to their own masters in all things, to be pleasing, not (mē | μή | particle) talking back, |
| Titus 2:10 | not (mē | μή | particle) pilfering but showing completely good faithfulness so that they might adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things. |
| Titus 3:14 | And let our people learn to be devoted to good deeds, specifically the urgent needs, lest they be fruitless. |
| Philemon 1:14 | but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your helpfulness might not (mē | μή | particle) be by compulsion but by your own free will. |
| Philemon 1:19 | I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand — I will pay it back. I could also mention that you owe me your very self! |
| Hebrews 3:8 | do not (mē | μή | particle) harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness |
| Hebrews 3:13 | But encourage one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none (mē | μή | particle) of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. |
| Hebrews 3:15 | As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not (mē | μή | particle) harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.” |
| Hebrews 3:18 | And to whom did he swear that they would not (mē | μή | particle) enter his rest, except those who had refused to obey? |
| Hebrews 4:2 | For we also had good news proclaimed to us just as they did; but the word they heard did not benefit those who were not (mē | μή | particle) united with those who listened in faith |
| Hebrews 4:7 | God again ordains a certain day — “today” — saying through David, after so long a time, just as it has been said before, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not (mē | μή | particle) harden your hearts.” |
| Hebrews 4:11 | Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest; otherwise one of you might fall by the same sort of disobedience. |
| Hebrews 4:15 | For we do not have a high priest who is unable (mē | μή | particle) to feel our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are — yet without sin. |
| Hebrews 6:1 | Therefore let us leave standing the elementary teaching about Christ and let us move on to maturity, not (mē | μή | particle) laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith in God, |
| Hebrews 6:12 | so that you will not (mē | μή | particle) be lazy, but imitators of those who by faith and perseverance inherit the promises. |
| Hebrews 7:6 | But this man who does not (mē | μή | particle) trace his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises. |
| Hebrews 8:11 | And they will not teach each one his neighbor and each one his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know me from the least of them to the greatest. |
| Hebrews 8:12 | For I will be gracious toward their iniquities and I will never again remember their sins.” |
| Hebrews 9:9 | This is an illustration pointing to the present time, during which the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot (mē | μή | particle) perfect the worshiper so far as his conscience is concerned, |
| Hebrews 10:17 | then he says, “Their sins and their lawless acts I will never again remember.” |
| Hebrews 10:25 | not (mē | μή | particle) abandoning our own meetings, as is the habit of some, but rather encouraging one another, and all the more since you see the Day drawing near. |
| Hebrews 10:35 | Therefore do not (mē | μή | particle) throw away your boldness, which has great reward. |
| Hebrews 11:3 | By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not (mē | μή | particle) brought into being from anything observable. |
| Hebrews 11:5 | By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not (mē | μή | particle) see death, and he could not be found, because God had taken him. For before he was taken he had been approved as one who had been pleasing to God, |
| Hebrews 11:8 | By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he would receive as an inheritance. He set out even though he did not (mē | μή | particle) know where he was going. |
| Hebrews 11:13 | These all died in faith, without (mē | μή | particle) receiving the fulfillment of the promises, but they saw them from a distance and greeted them. They acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles in the land. |
| Hebrews 11:27 | By faith he left Egypt, not (mē | μή | particle) fearing the anger of the king, for he endured as though seeing the one who is invisible. |
| Hebrews 11:28 | By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroying angel would not (mē | μή | particle) touch their firstborn. |
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.