What does μήτι (mḗti) mean in the Bible?
μήτι (mḗti) is a Greek word meaning "whether at all".
Greek · G3385
μήτι
Whether at all
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μήτι G3385
Pronunciation mḗti
What does μήτι (mḗti) mean in the Bible?
μήτι (mḗti) is a Greek word meaning "whether at all".
Full entry for μήτι (G3385) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3385?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (7), vvv (4), - (1), [Can] (1), [in any way] (1).
Where does μήτι (mḗti) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (4), 2 Corinthians (3), John (3), Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 7× Matthew 12:23, Matthew 26:22, Luke 9:13, John 18:35
vvv 4× Mark 4:21, Luke 6:39, John 8:22, 2 Corinthians 1:17
- 1× Matthew 7:16
[Can] 1× James 3:11
[in any way] 1× 2 Corinthians 12:18
Could 1× John 4:29
not 1× Matthew 26:25
Surely not 1× Mark 14:19
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 7:16 μήτι to - IntPrtcl Matthew 12:23 Μήτι to . . . IntPrtcl Matthew 26:22 Μήτι to . . . IntPrtcl Matthew 26:25 Μήτι to not IntPrtcl Mark 4:21 Μήτι to vvv IntPrtcl Mark 14:19 Μήτι to Surely not IntPrtcl Luke 6:39 Μήτι to vvv IntPrtcl Luke 9:13 μήτι to . . . IntPrtcl John 4:29 μήτι to Could IntPrtcl John 8:22 Μήτι to vvv IntPrtcl
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 7:16
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 8
Matthew 4 Mark 2 Luke 2 John 3 Acts 1 1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 3 James 1
Source forms
Μήτι 9x Mēti Matthew 12:23, Matthew 26:22, Matthew 26:25, Mark 4:21
μήτι 8x mēti Matthew 7:16, Luke 9:13, John 4:29, 1 Corinthians 7:5
Parsing patterns
IntPrtcl 17x Matthew 7:16, Matthew 12:23, Matthew 26:22, Matthew 26:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. whether at all
Strong's G3385
Lexical occurrences 17 verses Greek text appearances 14 times Word forms 1 form 17 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
whether at all
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
14 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:16 Participle
μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse Matthew 12:23 Participle
Μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse Matthew 26:22 Participle
Μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse Matthew 26:25 Participle
Μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse Mark 4:21 Participle
Μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse Luke 6:39 Participle
Μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse Luke 9:13 Participle
μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse John 4:29 Participle
μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse John 7:31 Participle
μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse John 8:22 Participle
Μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse John 18:35 Participle
Μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse Acts 10:47 Participle
Μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse 1 Corinthians 6:3 Participle
μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verse James 3:11 Participle
μήτι mhti
if not, unless
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 17
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 7:16 · Matt 12:23 · Matt 26:22 · Matt 26:25 · Mark 4:21 · Mark 14:19 · Luke 6:39 · Luke 9:13 · John 4:29 · John 8:22 · John 18:35 · Acts 10:47 · 1 Cor 7:5 · 2 Cor 1:17 · 2 Cor 12:18 · 2 Cor 13:5 17×
Word Origins
μήτι is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain