Strong's Concordance méti: can this be? (interrog. particle expecting a neg. answer) Original Word: μήτιPart of Speech: Particle, Interrogative Transliteration: méti Phonetic Spelling: (may'-tee) Short Definition: if not, unless Definition: if not, unless, whether at all. HELPS Word-studies 3385 mḗti (from 3361 /mḗ, "not" and 5101 /tís, "anything") – properly, not perhaps, "no on first blush (reaction)" – while still keeping "the possibility open" to elicit the desired reaction from the listener (reader). 3385 (mḗti) then draws out an immediate "no," while still conjuring the idea, "unless . . . ". Example: Jn 4:29: "Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not (3385 /mḗti) the Christ, is it?" (NASU). A. T. Robertson, "Is not this the Christ (3385 /mḗti) . . . " elicits "the negative answer ('this cannot be') . . . 'unless He really is the Christ!' (holding out the 'diplomatic possibility') and thus heightening their interest" (WS, 429,30). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3385: μήτιμήτι (so G T WH R (commonly), but μή τί L (except 1 Corinthians 6:3) Tr (except Matthew 26:22, 25; Mark 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))): Matthew 7:16; Matthew 26:22, 25; Mark 4:21; Mark 14:19; Luke 6:39; John 7:31 (R G); Strong's Exhaustive Concordance notFrom me and the neuter of tis; whether at all -- not (the particle usually not expressed, except by the form of the question). see GREEK me see GREEK tis Forms and Transliterations μη μητι μήτι meti mēti mḗtiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 338517 Occurrences μήτι — 17 Occ. Matthew 7:16 Prtcl-I GRK: ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ INT: you will know them not Do they gather from Matthew 12:23 Prtcl-I Matthew 26:22 Prtcl-I Matthew 26:25 Prtcl-I Mark 4:21 Prtcl-I Mark 14:19 Prtcl-I Luke 6:39 Prtcl-I Luke 9:13 Prtcl-I John 4:29 Prtcl-I John 8:22 Prtcl-I John 18:35 Prtcl-I Acts 10:47 Prtcl-I 1 Corinthians 7:5 Prtcl-I 2 Corinthians 1:17 Prtcl-I 2 Corinthians 12:18 Prtcl-I 2 Corinthians 13:5 Prtcl-I James 3:11 Prtcl-I |
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