Strong's Lexicon
G3385 — μήτι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3385 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μήτι |
| Part of Speech: | particle |
| Etymology: | from G3361 and the neuter of G5100 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 18 |
| Transliteration: | meti |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | may'-tee |
| Meaning: | 1. whether at all |
| KJV Renderings: | not (the particle usually not expressed, except by the form of the question) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μήτι (so G T WH R (commonly), but μή τί L (except 1Co 6:3) Tr (except Mat 26:22; Mat 26:25; Mar 4:21)) (μή and τί), whether at all, whether perchance, an interrogative expecting a negative answer; in a direct question (German doch nicht etwa? (in English generally untranslated; cf. Winers Grammar, § 57, 3 b.; Buttmann, 248 (213))): Mat 7:16; Mat 26:22; Mat 26:25; Mar 4:21; Mar 14:19; Luk 6:39; Joh 7:31 (R G); (here all texts μή τί (properly)); Act 10:47; 2Co 12:18; Jas 3:11; μήτι ἄρα, 2Co 1:17; used by one asking doubtfully yet inclining to believe what he asks about (see μήποτε, 3 a.): Mat 12:23; Joh 4:29. εἰ μήτι, see εἰ, III. 10. μήτιγε (or μήτι γέ) see in its place.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μήτι (not (the particle usually not expressed)
Matthew 7:16
- KJV: Ye shall know them by their fruits Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles
- GK: από των καρπών αυτών επιγνώσεσθε αυτούς μήτι συλλέγουσιν από ακανθών σταφυλήν η από τριβόλων σύκα
Matthew 12:23
- KJV: And all the people were amazed and said Is not this the son of David
- GK: και εξίσταντο πάντες οι όχλοι και έλεγον μήτι ούτός εστιν ο χριστός ο υιός Δαβίδ
Matthew 26:22
- KJV: And they were exceeding sorrowful and began every one of them to say unto him Lord is it I
- GK: και λυπούμενοι σφόδρα ήρξαντο λέγειν αυτώ έκαστος αυτών μήτι εγώ ειμι κύριε
Matthew 26:25
- KJV: Then Judas which betrayed him answered and said Master is it I He said unto him Thou hast said
- GK: αποκριθείς δε Ιούδας ο παραδιδούς αυτόν είπε μήτι εγώ ειμι ραββί λέγει αυτώ συ είπας
Mark 4:21
- KJV: And he said unto them Is a candle brought to be put under bushel or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick
- GK: και έλεγεν αυτοίς μήτι ο λύχνος έρχεται ίνα υπό τον μόδιον τεθή η υπό την κλίνην ουχ ίνα επί την λυχνίαν επιτεθή
Mark 14:19
- KJV: And they began to be sorrowful and to say unto him one by one it I and another it I
- GK: οι δε ήρξαντο λυπείσθαι και λέγειν αυτώ εις καθ΄ εις μη τι εγώ και άλλος μη τι εγώ
Luke 6:39
- KJV: And he spake a parable unto them Can the blind lead the blind shall they not both fall into the ditch
- GK: είπε δε παραβολήν αυτοίς μήτι δύναται τυφλός τυφλόν οδηγείν ουχί αμφότεροι εις βόθυνον πεσούνται
John 4:29
- KJV: Come see a man which told me all things that ever I did is not this the Christ
- GK: δεύτε ίδετε άνθρωπον ος είπέ μοι πάντα όσα εποίησα μήτι ούτός εστιν ο Χριστός
John 7:31
- KJV: And many of the people believed on him and said When Christ cometh will he do more miracles than these which this hath done
- GK: πολλοί δε εκ του όχλου επίστευσαν εις αυτόν και έλεγον ότι ο Χριστός όταν έλθη μήτι πλείονα σημεία τούτων ποιήσει ων ούτος εποίησεν