μή mē

Greek word for “not” · Strong’s G3361 · used 1,070 times in 943 verses

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Meaning

μή; subjective negative particle;

How it is translated

Glosses given for mē in context, with how often each is used:

• not 758
• except 91
• unless 58
• surely not 38
• lest 31
• otherwise 23
• never 16
• surely 8
• no 7
• nor 5
• nothing 5
• neither 4

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 7 (16), John 6 (15), Mark 13 (14), Matthew 6 (13), Matthew 24 (13), Matthew 10 (12), Luke 12 (12), John 7 (12), Matthew 5 (11), 1 Corinthians 9 (11)

Forms

• μὴ 955
• μή 67
• μήποτε 24
• Μὴ 21
• μήπω 2
• μήποτέ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἰ ei “if” 146
• ἐάν ean “if” 100
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 74
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 55
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 62
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 62
• φοβέω phobeō “to fear” 41
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 50
• ἤ ē “or” 51
• μηδέ mēde “nor” 33
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 50
• πατήρ patēr “father” 52

Key verses

The verses using mē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:13 — And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
• John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the…
• John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• John 14:27 — Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels…
• 1 Corinthians 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor…
• 2 Corinthians 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,…
• 2 Corinthians 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• Colossians 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every…
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 1 Timothy 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.