Mēti μήτι

Mēti (Greek μήτι, Strong's G3385) is a Greek particle meaning “surely not”. It occurs 19 times in 18 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Mēti, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 7:16
  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
• Matthew 12:23
  And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”
• Matthew 26:22
  And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
• Matthew 26:25
  Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.Then Judas, who would betray Him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said it yourself.”

Mark

• Mark 4:21
  And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
• Mark 14:19
  And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?They began to be grieved and to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I?”

Luke

• Luke 6:39
  And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
• 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.But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

John

• John 4:29
  Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
• John 8:22
  Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
• 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?“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”

Acts

• Acts 10:47
  Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 6:3
  Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
• 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 tempt you not for your incontinency.Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

2 Corinthians

• 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, and nay nay?When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?
• 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?I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
• 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?Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?

James

• James 3:11
  Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).