Greek word study

μήmḗ — not, lest

not, lest.

Translated in the King James as: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without

Appears 644 times in Scripture

Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial);

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Where it appears

Matthew — 99×

Matt 1:20 Matt 2:12 Matt 3:9 Matt 5:13 Matt 5:17 Matt 5:18 Matt 5:20 Matt 5:25 Matt 5:29 Matt 5:30 Matt 5:34 Matt 5:39 Matt 5:42 Matt 6:1 Matt 6:2 Matt 6:3 Matt 6:7 Matt 6:8 Matt 6:13 Matt 6:15 Matt 6:16 Matt 6:18 Matt 6:19 Matt 6:25 Matt 6:31+ 74 more in Matthew

Mark — 53×

Mark 2:7 Mark 2:21 Mark 2:22 Mark 2:26 Mark 3:12 Mark 3:20 Mark 3:27 Mark 4:5 Mark 4:6 Mark 4:12 Mark 4:22 Mark 5:7 Mark 5:36 Mark 5:37 Mark 6:4 Mark 6:5 Mark 6:8 Mark 6:9 Mark 6:50 Mark 7:3 Mark 7:4 Mark 8:1 Mark 8:14 Mark 9:29 Mark 9:39+ 28 more in Mark

Luke — 89×

Luke 1:13 Luke 1:30 Luke 2:10 Luke 2:26 Luke 3:8 Luke 3:11 Luke 3:15 Luke 4:11 Luke 4:26 Luke 4:27 Luke 4:42 Luke 5:10 Luke 5:21 Luke 6:4 Luke 6:29 Luke 6:30 Luke 6:37 Luke 6:49 Luke 7:6 Luke 7:13 Luke 7:23 Luke 7:30 Luke 7:33 Luke 7:42 Luke 8:6+ 64 more in Luke

John — 66×

John 2:16 John 3:2 John 3:3 John 3:5 John 3:13 John 3:20 John 3:27 John 4:12 John 4:33 John 4:48 John 5:14 John 5:19 John 5:28 John 6:20 John 6:22 John 6:27 John 6:39 John 6:43 John 6:44 John 6:46 John 6:50 John 6:53 John 6:65 John 7:15 John 7:23+ 41 more in John

Acts — 36×

Acts 1:20 Acts 4:18 Acts 4:20 Acts 5:28 Acts 5:40 Acts 7:60 Acts 8:31 Acts 9:9 Acts 9:26 Acts 9:38 Acts 11:19 Acts 15:1 Acts 15:38 Acts 18:9 Acts 19:31 Acts 20:10 Acts 20:22 Acts 21:4 Acts 21:12 Acts 21:21 Acts 23:8 Acts 23:10 Acts 23:21 Acts 24:4 Acts 25:24+ 11 more in Acts

Romans — 41×

Rom 2:21 Rom 2:22 Rom 3:5 Rom 3:8 Rom 4:17 Rom 4:19 Rom 5:13 Rom 5:14 Rom 7:3 Rom 7:7 Rom 8:4 Rom 9:14 Rom 9:20 Rom 9:29 Rom 10:15 Rom 10:18 Rom 10:19 Rom 11:15 Rom 11:18 Rom 11:20 Rom 11:21 Rom 12:11 Rom 12:14 Rom 12:16 Rom 12:19+ 16 more in Romans

1 Corinthians — 64×

1 Cor 1:10 1 Cor 1:14 1 Cor 1:15 1 Cor 1:17 1 Cor 1:28 1 Cor 1:29 1 Cor 2:2 1 Cor 2:11 1 Cor 4:6 1 Cor 5:8 1 Cor 5:9 1 Cor 5:11 1 Cor 6:9 1 Cor 7:5 1 Cor 7:17 1 Cor 7:23 1 Cor 7:27 1 Cor 7:29 1 Cor 7:37 1 Cor 7:38 1 Cor 8:4 1 Cor 8:8 1 Cor 9:4 1 Cor 9:5 1 Cor 9:6+ 39 more in 1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians — 25×

2 Cor 2:1 2 Cor 2:2 2 Cor 2:5 2 Cor 3:7 2 Cor 3:13 2 Cor 4:7 2 Cor 4:18 2 Cor 5:12 2 Cor 5:19 2 Cor 5:21 2 Cor 6:1 2 Cor 6:3 2 Cor 6:14 2 Cor 6:17 2 Cor 9:4 2 Cor 9:5 2 Cor 9:7 2 Cor 11:16 2 Cor 12:5 2 Cor 12:6 2 Cor 12:13 2 Cor 12:20 2 Cor 12:21+ 2 more in 2 Corinthians

Galatians — 14×

Gal 1:7 Gal 1:19 Gal 2:16 Gal 4:8 Gal 4:11 Gal 4:18 Gal 5:1 Gal 5:13 Gal 5:15 Gal 6:1 Gal 6:7 Gal 6:12 Gal 6:14+ 1 more in Galatians

Ephesians — 14×

Eph 2:9 Eph 2:12 Eph 3:13 Eph 4:9 Eph 4:26 Eph 4:29 Eph 4:30 Eph 5:7 Eph 5:15 Eph 5:17 Eph 5:18 Eph 6:4 Eph 6:6+ 1 more in Ephesians

Philippians — 5×

Phil 1:28 Phil 2:4 Phil 2:12 Phil 3:9 Phil 4:15

Colossians — 9×

Col 1:23 Col 2:8 Col 2:16 Col 2:21 Col 3:2 Col 3:9 Col 3:19 Col 3:21 Col 3:22

1 Thessalonians — 6×

1 Thess 1:8 1 Thess 3:5 1 Thess 4:5 1 Thess 4:6 1 Thess 4:13 1 Thess 5:15

2 Thessalonians — 7×

2 Thess 2:2 2 Thess 2:3 2 Thess 3:6 2 Thess 3:13 2 Thess 3:14 2 Thess 3:15+ 1 more in 2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy — 18×

1 Tim 1:3 1 Tim 1:7 1 Tim 1:20 1 Tim 2:9 1 Tim 3:3 1 Tim 3:6 1 Tim 3:8 1 Tim 3:11 1 Tim 4:14 1 Tim 5:1 1 Tim 5:13 1 Tim 5:16 1 Tim 5:19 1 Tim 6:17+ 4 more in 1 Timothy

2 Timothy — 3×

2 Tim 2:5 2 Tim 2:14 2 Tim 2:25

Titus — 10×

Titus 1:6 Titus 1:7 Titus 1:11 Titus 2:3 Titus 2:9 Titus 2:10+ 4 more in Titus

Philemon — 2×

Philemon 1:14 Philemon 1:19

Hebrews — 24×

Heb 3:8 Heb 3:15 Heb 3:18 Heb 4:1 Heb 4:7 Heb 4:11 Heb 6:1 Heb 8:11 Heb 8:12 Heb 10:17 Heb 10:35 Heb 11:8 Heb 11:13 Heb 11:27 Heb 12:5 Heb 12:13 Heb 12:15 Heb 12:16 Heb 12:19 Heb 13:2 Heb 13:9 Heb 13:16 Heb 13:17+ 1 more in Hebrews

James — 16×

James 1:5 James 1:7 James 1:16 James 1:22 James 2:1 James 2:14 James 2:16 James 2:17 James 3:1 James 3:14 James 4:2 James 4:11 James 4:17 James 5:9 James 5:12 James 5:17

1 Peter — 5×

1 Pet 3:6 1 Pet 3:10 1 Pet 4:4 1 Pet 4:12 1 Pet 5:2

2 Peter — 5×

2 Pet 1:10 2 Pet 2:21 2 Pet 3:8 2 Pet 3:9 2 Pet 3:17

1 John — 7×

1 John 2:15 1 John 2:22 1 John 3:13 1 John 3:18 1 John 5:5 1 John 5:16+ 1 more in 1 John

2 John — 4×

2 John 1:7 2 John 1:9 2 John 1:10+ 1 more in 2 John

3 John — 1×

3 John 1:11

Revelation — 21×

Rev 1:17 Rev 2:16 Rev 2:17 Rev 2:22 Rev 5:5 Rev 7:1 Rev 7:3 Rev 9:4 Rev 9:5 Rev 10:4 Rev 11:2 Rev 11:6 Rev 13:17 Rev 14:3 Rev 18:7 Rev 19:10 Rev 19:12 Rev 21:27 Rev 22:9+ 2 more in Revelation

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.