μή

1042 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 .] As a neg. adv., not ; with ref. to thought or opinion: Jo 3:18 , Tit 1:11 , II Pe 1:9 . In delib. questions, c. subjc. (M, Pr. , 185): Mk 12:14 , Ro 3:8 . In conditional and final sentences, after εἰ , ἐάν , ἄν , ἵνα , ὅπως : Mt 10:14 , Mk 6:11 12:19 , Lk 9:5 , Jo 6:50 , Ro 11:25 , al. C. inf. (v. M, Pr. , 234 f., 239, 255), after verbs of saying, etc.: Mt 2:12 5:34 , Mk 12:18 , Ac 15:38 , Ro 2:21 , al.; c. artic. inf.: after a prep., Mt 13:5 , Mk 4:5 , Ac 7:19 , I Co 10:6 , al.; without a prep., Ro 14:13 , II Co 2:1 , 13 , 1 Th 4:6 ; in sentences expressing consequence, after ὥστε : Mt 8:28 , Mk 3:20 , I Co 1:7 , II Co 3:7 , al. C. ptcp. (v. M, Pr. , 231 f., 239), in hypothetical references to persons of a certain character or description: Mt 10:28 12:30 , Lk 6:49 , Jo 3:18 , Ro 4:5 , I Co 7:38 , I Jo 3:10 , al.; where the person or thing being definite, the denial is a matter of opinion: Jo 6:64 , I Co 1:28 4:7 , 18 , II Co 5:21 , al.; where the ptcp. has a concessive, causal or conditional force, if , though , because not : Mt 18:25 , Lk 2:45 , Jo 7:49 , Ac 9:26 , Ro 2:14 5:13 , II Co 3:14 , Ga 6:9 , Ju 5 ; where the ptcp. has a descriptive force ( being such as ), not : Ac 9:9 , Ro 1:28 , I Co 10:33 , Ga 4:8 , He 12:27 , al. μή prohibitive, in indep. sentences, c. subjc. praes., 1 pers. pl.: Ga 5:26 6:9 , I Th 5:6 , I Jo 3:18 ; c. imperat. praes., usually where one is bidden to desist from what has already begun (cf. M, Pr. , 122 ff.): Mt 7:1 , Mk 5:36 , Lk 6:30 , Jo 2:16 5:45 , Ac 10:15 , Ro 11:18 , Ja 2:1 , Re 5:5 , al.; forbidding that which is still future: c. imperat. aor., 3 pers., Mt 24:18 , Mk 13:15 , Lk 17:31 , al.; c. subjc. aor., 2 pers., Mt 3:9 10:26 , Mk 5:7 , Lk 6:29 , Jo 3:7 , Ro 10:6 , al.; c. optat., in wishes: II Ti 4:16 (LXX) ; μὴ γένοιτο (v. M, Pr. , 194; Bl., § 66, 1), Lk 20:16 , Ro 3:3 , al.; μή τις , Mk 13:5 , al. As a conj., after verbs of fearing, caution, etc., that , lest , perhaps (M, Pr. , 192 f.): c. subjc. praes., He 12:15 ; c. subjc. aor., Mt 24:4 , Mk 13:5 , Lk 21:8 , Ac 13:40 , Ga 5:15 , al.; ὅρα μή (v. M, Pr. , 124, 178), elliptically, Re 19:10 22:9 ; c. indic, fut. (M, Pr. , 124, 178), Col 2:8 . in order that not : c. subjc. aor., Mk 13:36 , II Co 8:20 12:6 . Interrogative, in hesitant questions (M, Pr. , 170), or where a negative answer is expected: Mt 7:9 , 10 , Mk 2:19 , Jo 3:4 , Ro 3:3 10:18 , 19 , I Co 1:13 , al.; μή τις , Lk 22:35 , al.; seq. οὐ ( Ro 10:17 , al. in Pl.), expecting an affirm, ans.; οὐ μή , Lk 18:7 , Jo 18:11 . οὐ μή as emphatic negation (cf. M, Pr. , 188, 190 ff.; Bl., § 64, 5), not at all , by no means : c. indic, fut., Mt 16:22 , Jo 6:35 , He 10:17 , al.; c. subjc. aor., Mt 24:2 , Mk 13:2 , Lk 6:37 , Jo 13:8 , I Co 8:13 , al.