μήτι mēti

Greek word for “surely not” · Strong’s G3385 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

μή-τι; interrog. particle, expecting a negative answer: 26:22, 25, 14:19, 18:35;

How it is translated

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

• surely not ever 15
• surely even 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 26 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Mark 4 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 6 (1), Luke 9 (1), John 4 (1), John 8 (1), John 18 (1)

Forms

• μήτι 18

Words used with it

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

• ἤ ē “or” 5
• λυπέω lupeō “to grieve” 2
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 3
• πειράζω peirazō “to test/tempt” 2
• ἐπιγινώσκω epiginōskō “to come to know” 2
• ἄρχω archō “be first” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 3
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 2
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 2
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 2
• εἷς ehis “one” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 7:16 — Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
• Matthew 12:23 — And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
• Matthew 26:25 — Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
• Luke 6:39 — And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
• Luke 9:13 — But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
• John 4:29 — Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
• John 18:35 — Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
• Acts 10:47 — Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
• 1 Corinthians 7:5 — Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan…
• 2 Corinthians 1:17 — When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea,…
• 2 Corinthians 12:18 — I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
• 2 Corinthians 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

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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.