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
| Mark 9:41 | For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will most certainly not lose his reward. |
| Mark 10:9 | Therefore what God has joined together, let not (mē | μή | particle) man divide.” |
| Mark 10:14 | But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me. Do not (mē | μή | particle) prevent them, for of such is the kingdom of God. |
| Mark 10:15 | I tell you the truth, whoever does not (mē | μή | particle) receive the kingdom of God as a child will never enter it.” |
| Mark 10:18 | But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one — God. |
| Mark 10:19 | You know the commandments: ‘Do not (mē | μή | particle) murder, Do not (mē | μή | particle) commit adultery, Do not (mē | μή | particle) steal, Do not (mē | μή | particle) bear false witness, Do not (mē | μή | particle) defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” |
| Mark 10:30 | who will not (mē | μή | particle) receive one hundredfold now in this present time — houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions — and in the coming age, eternal life. |
| Mark 11:13 | And seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. And when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. |
| Mark 11:23 | I tell you the truth, that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not (mē | μή | particle) waver in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. |
| Mark 12:14 | When they came they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that the opinion of another is of no concern to you. For you do not regard the position of men, but you truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay tax to Caesar, or not? Should we give, or should we not (mē | μή | particle) pay?” |
| Mark 12:18 | And the Sadducees, who say there is no (mē | μή | particle) resurrection, came to him, and they were questioning him, saying, |
| Mark 12:19 | “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother should die and leave behind a wife, but not (mē | μή | particle) leave behind a child, the brother should take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. |
| Mark 12:21 | Then the second brother took her, and he died, leaving behind no (mē | μή | particle) offspring. And the third likewise. |
| Mark 12:24 | Jesus said to them, “Are you not mistaken for this reason, that you know neither (mē | μή | particle) the scriptures nor the power of God? |
| Mark 13:2 | And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not a single stone will be left here resting on another that will not be thrown down.” |
| Mark 13:5 | And Jesus began to speak to them, “Watch out lest (mē | μή | conj) someone mislead you. |
| Mark 13:7 | And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not (mē | μή | particle) be alarmed; those things must happen, but the end is not yet. |
| Mark 13:11 | And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not (mē | μή | particle) worry ahead of time what you should say, but whatever is given you in that hour, speak; for you are not the ones who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit. |
| Mark 13:15 | Let the one who is on the housetop not (mē | μή | particle) come down, nor enter his house to remove anything |
| Mark 13:16 | and let the one who is in the field not (mē | μή | particle) return to get his cloak. |
| Mark 13:18 | And pray that it may not (mē | μή | particle) happen during winter, |
| Mark 13:19 | because those will be days of such tribulation as has never happened from the beginning of creation, which God created, until now, nor ever will be. |
| Mark 13:20 | And unless the Lord had cut short the number of days, no one would survive; but on account of the elect, whom he chose, he cut short the days. |
| Mark 13:21 | And then if someone should say to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ — do not (mē | μή | particle) believe it. |
| Mark 13:30 | I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things begin to take place. |
| Mark 13:31 | Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. |
| Mark 13:32 | But of that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. |
| Mark 13:36 | lest (mē | μή | conj) coming suddenly he should find you sleeping. |
| Mark 14:2 | but they were saying, “Not (mē | μή | particle) during the festival, lest there be an uproar among the people.” |
| Mark 14:25 | I tell you the truth, I will not again drink from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” |
| Mark 14:31 | But Peter exclaimed vehemently, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the others repeated the same thing. |
| Mark 14:38 | Stay alert and pray so that you will not (mē | μή | particle) come into temptation; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” |
| Mark 16:6 | But he said to them, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be alarmed. You seek Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him. |
| Mark 16:18 | with their hands they will pick up snakes; and if they drink any deadly poison it will in no way harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” |
| Luke 1:13 | But the angel said to him: “Do not (mē | μή | particle) fear, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John. |
| Luke 1:15 | for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine and strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. |
| Luke 1:20 | And now you will be reduced to silence and not (mē | μή | particle) be able to speak until the day in which these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.” |
| Luke 1:30 | And the angel said to her, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. |
| Luke 2:10 | But the angel said to them, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid; for behold, I announce to you good news of a great joy which will be for all the people, |
| Luke 2:26 | And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not (mē | μή | particle) see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. |
| Luke 2:45 | When they did not (mē | μή | particle) find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. |
| Luke 3:8 | Bear, then, fruits worthy of repentance. Do not (mē | μή | particle) even begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able, out of these stones, to raise up children to Abraham. |
| Luke 3:9 | Indeed, already the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not (mē | μή | particle) bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. |
| Luke 3:11 | And he would answer, saying to them, “He who has two tunics, let him share with the one who has none (mē | μή | particle); and he who has food, let him do the same.” |
| Luke 4:26 | and to none of them was Elijah sent, only to Zarephath, in the territory of Sidon, to a widow woman. |
| Luke 4:27 | And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, only Naaman, the Syrian.” |
| Luke 4:42 | When daylight came he left and went to a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him. They came to him and tried to keep him from (mē | μή | particle) leaving them, |
| Luke 5:10 | and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. But Jesus said to Simon, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” |
| Luke 5:19 | But not (mē | μή | particle) finding any way to bring him in on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him, along with the stretcher, through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus. |
| Luke 5:21 | And the scribes and the Pharisees began to ponder, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?” |
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.