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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.

Mnemonics

Submitted by AWOL on Tue, 2018-09-04 13:25

You certainly |may| |not| do that, |lest| you get hurt!

Submitted by bjschultz on Tue, 2020-09-29 08:07

Who did this? Not μή.

Biblical Concordance

Luke 5:34 So Jesus said to them, “Certainly you cannot (mē | μή | particle) make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
Luke 5:36 He also told a parable to them: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he both tears the new, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
Luke 5:37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
Luke 6:4 how he entered the house of God, and taking the Bread of the Presence, he ate it and gave some to those with him — which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?”
Luke 6:29 To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from the one who takes your coat, do not (mē | μή | particle) withhold even your shirt.
Luke 6:30 To all who ask of you, give, and from the one who takes away what belongs to you, do not (mē | μή | particle) demand it back.
Luke 6:37 Do not (mē | μή | particle) judge, and you will not be judged; do not (mē | μή | particle) condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Luke 6:49 But the one who hears and does not (mē | μή | particle) do them is like a man building a house on the ground without a foundation; when the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
Luke 7:6 So Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not (mē | μή | particle) trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof.
Luke 7:13 Seeing her, the Lord had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) weep.”
Luke 7:23 And blessed is whoever is not (mē | μή | particle) offended by me.”
Luke 7:30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers (those who had not (mē | μή | particle) been baptized by John) rejected the purpose of God for themselves.
Luke 7:33 For John the Baptist has come neither (mē | μή | particle) eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
Luke 7:42 When they were unable (mē | μή | particle) to pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
Luke 8:6 Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered away, because it had no (mē | μή | particle) moisture.
Luke 8:10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables, so that seeing they may not (mē | μή | particle) see, and hearing they may not (mē | μή | particle) understand.
Luke 8:12 Those along the path are the ones who hear — then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not (mē | μή | particle) believe and be saved.
Luke 8:17 For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor secret that will not come to light.
Luke 8:18 “Take care, then, how you hear! For whoever has — more will be given to him; and whoever does not (mē | μή | particle) have — even what he seems to have will be taken away from him.”
Luke 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell prostate before him and in a loud voice said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not (mē | μή | particle) torment me!?”
Luke 8:31 And they begged him not (mē | μή | particle) to order them to go away into the abyss.
Luke 8:50 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) be afraid, only believe, and she will get better.”
Luke 8:51 When he went into the house he did not allow anyone to go in with him except Peter and John and James, and the father of the child and her mother.
Luke 8:52 And they were all weeping and mourning for her. He said, “Stop (mē | μή | particle) weeping, for she did not die; but is sleeping.”
Luke 9:5 And wherever they do not (mē | μή | particle) receive you, leave that town and shake off the dust from your feet as an act that testifies against them.”
Luke 9:27 But I tell you most certainly: There are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:33 As the men were about to leave him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” — not (mē | μή | particle) knowing what he was saying.
Luke 9:45 But they did not understand this saying. It was concealed from them, so that they might not (mē | μή | particle) understand it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
Luke 9:50 Jesus said to him, “Do not (mē | μή | particle) try to stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you.”
Luke 10:4 Carry no (mē | μή | particle) moneybag, no (mē | μή | particle) knapsack, no (mē | μή | particle) sandals; and greet no one along the way.
Luke 10:6 And if there is a son of peace there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not (mē | μή | particle), it will return to you.
Luke 10:7 Remain in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not (mē | μή | particle) move around from house to house.
Luke 10:10 In whichever town you enter, and they do not (mē | μή | particle) receive you, go out into its streets and say,
Luke 10:15 And you, Capernaum! Will you be exalted to heaven? No (mē | μή | particle). You will go down to Hades.
Luke 10:19 I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and authority over all the power of the enemy; nothing may hurt you at all.
Luke 10:20 However, do not (mē | μή | particle) rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names have been recorded in heaven.”
Luke 10:22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”
Luke 11:4 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not (mē | μή | particle) bring us into a time of trial.’”
Luke 11:7 and he from inside answers, ‘Do not (mē | μή | particle) cause me trouble; already the door has been locked and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’
Luke 11:23 “The one who is not (mē | μή | particle) with me is against me; and the one who does not (mē | μή | particle) gather with me scatters.
Luke 11:24 “When the unclean spirit departs from a person, it travels through waterless places seeking rest, and not (mē | μή | particle) finding one; then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I departed.’
Luke 11:29 As the crowds were getting larger, Jesus began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
Luke 11:35 Therefore consider whether the ‘light’ that is in you is not (mē | μή | conj) darkness.
Luke 11:36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no (mē | μή | particle) part of it dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.”
Luke 11:42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, yet disregard justice and the love of God. These you should have done, without (mē | μή | particle) neglecting the others.
Luke 12:4 “I tell you, my friends, do not (mē | μή | particle) fear those who can kill the body, and after that have nothing (mē | μή | particle) more that they can do.
Luke 12:7 In fact, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not (mē | μή | particle) fear; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Luke 12:11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not (mē | μή | particle) worry: How or what words should you use in your defense? or, What should you say?
Luke 12:21 So it is with the one who stores up treasures for himself, but is not (mē | μή | particle) rich toward God.”
Luke 12:22 He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not (mē | μή | particle) be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will wear.

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