mē G3361

μή (mē) means “not” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

μή Greek · G3361 1,060 tagged occurrences in 934 verses

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Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3361

μή · mē · not

μή, subjective negative particle, used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as distinct from an absolute negation. As a general rule, οὐ negatives the indic, μή the other moods, incl, ptcp. [In LXX for אֵין ,אַיִן ,אַל ] I. As a neg. adv., not; 1. with ref. to thought or opinion: Jhn.3:18, Tit.1:11, 2Pe.1:9. 2. In delib. questions, with subjc. (M, Pr., 185): Mrk.12:14, Rom.3:8. 3. In conditional and final sentences, after εἰ, ἐάν, ἄν, ἵνα, ὅπως: Mat.10:14, Mrk.6:11 12:19, Luk.9:5, Jhn.6:50, Rom.11:25, al. 4. C. inf. (see M, Pr., 234f., 239, 255), (a) after verbs of saying, etc.: Mat.2:12 5:34, Mrk.12:18, Act.15:38, Rom.2:21, al.; (b) with artic. inf.: after a prep., Mat.13:5, Mrk.4:5, Act.7:19, 1Co.10:6, al.; without a prep., Rom.14:13, 2Co.2:1, 13 1Th 4:6; (with) in sentences expressing consequence, after ὥστε: Mat.8:28, Mrk.3:20, 1Co.1:7, 2Co.3:7, al. 5. C. ptcp. (see M, Pr., 231f., 239), in hypothetical references to persons of a certain character or description: Mat.10:28 12:30, Luk.6:49, Jhn.3:18, Rom.4:5, 1Co.7:38, 1Jn.3:10, al.; where the person or thing being definite, the denial is a matter of opinion: Jhn.6:64, 1Co.1:28 4:7, 18, 2Co.5:21, al.; where the ptcp. has a concessive, causal or conditional force, if, though, because not: Mat.18:25, Luk.2:45, Jhn.7:49, Act.9:26, Rom.2:14 5:13, 2Co.3:14, Gal.6:9, Ju 5; where the ptcp. has a descriptive force (being such as), not: Act.9:9, Rom.1:28, 1Co.10:33, Gal.4:8, Heb.12:27, al. 6. μή prohibitive, in indep. sentences, (a) with subjc. praes., 1 of person(s) pl.: Gal.5:26 6:9, 1Th.5:6, 1Jn.3:18; (b) with imperat. praes., usually where one is bidden to desist from what has already begun (cf. M, Pr., 122ff.): Mat.7:1, Mrk.5:36, Luk.6:30, Jhn.2:16 5:45, Act.10:15, Rom.11:18, Jas.2:1, Rev.5:5, al.; (with) forbidding that which is still future: with imperat. aor., 3 of person(s), Mat.24:18, Mrk.13:15, Luk.17:31, al.; with subjc. aor., 2 of person(s), Mat.3:9 10:26, Mrk.5:7, Luk.6:29, Jhn.3:7, Rom.10:6, al.; (d) with optative, in wishes: 2Ti.4:16 (LXX); μὴ γένοιτο (see M, Pr., 194; Bl., §66, 1), Luk.20:16, Rom.3:3, al.; μή τις, Mrk.13:5, al. II. As a conj., 1. after verbs of fearing, caution, etc., that, lest, perhaps (M, Pr., 192f.): with subjc. praes., Heb.12:15; with subjc. aor., Mat.24:4, Mrk.13:5, Luk.21:8, Act.13:40, Gal.5:15, al.; ὅρα μή (see M, Pr., 124, 178), elliptically, Rev.19:10 22:9; with indic, fut. (M, Pr., l.with), Col.2:8. 2. in order that not: with subjc. aor., Mrk.13:36, 2Co.8:20 12:6. III. Interrogative, in hesitant questions (M, Pr., 170), or where a negative answer is expected: Mat.7:9, 10, Mrk.2:19, Jhn.3:4, Rom.3:3 10:18, 19, 1Co.1:13, al.; μή τις, Luk.22:35, al.; before οὐ (Rom.10:17, al. in Pl.), expecting an affirm, ans.; οὐ μή, Luk.18:7, Jhn.18:11. IV. οὐ μή as emphatic negation (cf. M, Pr., 188, 190ff.; Bl. §64, 5), not at all, by no means: with indic, fut., Mat.16:22, Jhn.6:35, Heb.10:17, al.; with subjc. aor., Mat.24:2, Mrk.13:2, Luk.6:37, Jhn.13:8, 1Co.8:13, al. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

not, lest.

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How translators render G3361

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
vvv	406
do not	130
not	119
no	38
without	18
does not	10
or	9
otherwise	9
do not let	7
do	5
let no	4
stop	4
that	4
are	3
from	3
none	3
nothing	3
avoid	2
is	2
let no one	2
neither	2
never	2
no one	2
that no one	2
then do not	2
against	1
and do not	1
and do this not only	1
and no one	1
and that no	1
and who are not	1
because they had not	1
but not	1
could	1
do not allow	1
do not use	1
enter	1
except	1
fails	1
for fear that	1
had not	1
have	1
he must not be	1
he will certainly not	1
how dare you	1
i am afraid that	1
i fear	1
i never	1
if	1
in case	1
in the hope that	1
is it	1
it is not	1
it were not	1
it will not result	1
may not	1
no further	1
nor	1
not even	1
not mention	1
not only	1
not only to	1
not say	1
refuse	1
refusing	1
see to it that	1
shall	1
should not	1
so	1
so none	1
so that you will not	1
take no	1
that he would not	1
that it would not	1
that none	1
that will not	1
to avoid	1
was shallow	1
who neither	1
will not	1
will not be	1
with no	1
you will not	1
your own	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
not	585
no	57
lest	25
except	17
but	16
god forbid	14
never	10
at all	7
that	6
all	5
neither	5
any	4
can	4
did	4
else	4
none	4
nothing	4
one	4
art	3
by	3
do	3
in	3
more	3
save	3
the father	3
a man should not	2
also	2
as	2
believe	2
cannot	2
deny	2
do not	2
drink	2
enter	2
hath	2
i should be exalted above measure	2
it were	2
let not	2
nor	2
shall	2
taste	2
the spirit	2
they	2
will he	2
wise	2
ye enter	2
ye repent	2
a distinction	1
a serpent	1
a staff	1
a stone	1
a worse	1
against	1
any resurrection	1
are	1
as is	1
be	1
be confounded	1
be heir	1
be judged	1
be left	1
be thrown down	1
before	1
blot out	1
by any means	1
can he	1
can ye	1
case	1
cast	1
cesar	1
come behind	1
crispus	1
crow	1
depart	1
desiring	1
doth	1
ever	1
five	1
flesh	1
forsake	1
fulfil	1
have	1
have they	1
have they stumbled	1
have ye	1
have ye offered	1
he	1
he himself	1
he laid	1
he shall receive	1
he that believeth	1
he walk	1
he which is	1
his	1
i drink	1
i shall speak	1
in no wise	1
it be that	1
it die	1
james	1
jesus	1
know	1
lacked	1
lacketh	1
lest there	1
means	1
more than	1
my	1
nay but	1
need we	1
no man	1
only	1
only that	1
our	1
pass	1
pass away	1
paul	1
perceive	1
peter	1
satan	1
save he	1
saving	1
should not	1
sorrow	1
stronger	1
take care	1
thank	1
that he should not	1
that no	1
that none	1
the cross	1
the same which	1
the sign	1
the son	1
there be	1
these	1
they repent	1
they should be defiled	1
this	1
thou shalt	1
till	1
to them that believed not	1
understand	1
unrighteousness	1
untaken away	1
unto the jews	1
walk	1
we should	1
when i came	1
which cannot	1
will	1
will he give	1
will he offer	1
wilt	1
without	1
ye be	1
ye be circumcised	1
ye be converted	1
ye eat	1
ye should be	1
ye utter	1
your	1

Verses containing G3361

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Matthew 10:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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Matthew 10:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
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Matthew 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
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Matthew 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
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Matthew 11:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
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Matthew 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
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Matthew 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
warning them not to make Him known.
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Matthew 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
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Matthew 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
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Matthew 12:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
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Matthew 12:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
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Matthew 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
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Matthew 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
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Matthew 13:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
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Matthew 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
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Matthew 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
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Matthew 13:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
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Matthew 13:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
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Matthew 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
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Matthew 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
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Matthew 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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Source alternate reference: 15.5
Matthew 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
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Matthew 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
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Matthew 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
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Matthew 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”
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Matthew 16:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
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Matthew 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” He said. “Do not be afraid.”
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Matthew 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
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Matthew 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
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Matthew 18:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
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Matthew 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
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Matthew 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
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Matthew 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
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Matthew 18:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
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Matthew 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
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Matthew 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
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Matthew 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
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Matthew 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
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Matthew 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
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Matthew 22:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
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Matthew 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
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Matthew 22:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
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Matthew 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
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Matthew 22:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
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Matthew 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
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Matthew 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
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Matthew 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
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Matthew 23:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
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Matthew 23:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
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