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) Definition: can this be? (interrogative particle expecting a negative answer) Usage: 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). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom mé and the neut. of tis Definition can this be? (interrog. particle expecting a neg. answer) NASB Translation cannot (1), cannot* (1), perhaps (1), surely (4), surely no (1), unless* (2). 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 Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 7:16 Prtcl-IGRK: ἐπιγνώσεσθε 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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