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G3387 μήτις (mḗtis)
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Quick Definition

unless/any

Strong's Definition

whether any

Derivation: from G3361 (μή) and G5100 (τὶς);

KJV Usage: any (sometimes unexpressed except by the simple interrogative form of the sentence)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μήτις (so R G Joh_4:33), more correctly μή τίς; 1. prohibitive, let no one (cf. Buttmann, 31 (28)): (with 1 aorist subjunctive 1Co_16:11); with 2 aorist subjunctive, 2Th_2:8. 2. interrogative (Lat:num quis?) hath anyone etc.: Joh_7:48; (2Co_12:17, cf. Buttmann, § 151, 7; Winers Grammar, 574 (534)); where one would gladly believe what he asks about doubtfully (see μήτι, under the end): Joh_4:33.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

G3385, G3387 μήτι mēti 18x interrogative particle, used in questions expecting a negative answer; has the same use as μή in the form εἰ μήτε , Luk_9:3 ; also when prefixed to a n interrogative clause, Mat_7:16 ; Joh_4:29

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μή -τις Rec. for μή τις (see μή H3361 , I, III, and cf. Thayer , see μήτις ).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μήτις [page 411] μήτις = μή τις , is found in an indirect question in BGU IV. 1141 .34 (B.C. 13) καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δὲ τὸν θυλωρὸν ( l. θυρωρὸν ) ἐξερωτῶι μή τις ἔξω ὔ̣πνωκε , and daily I ask the doorkeeper whether any one has slept outside.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

μήτις [Etym: τίς] μή-τι^ς or μή, τις, "lest any one, lest anything; that no one, that nothing", Lat. ne quis, ne quid, constructed like the adv. μή, Hom. , etc. μήτι or μή τι, adv. used imperatively, Il. ;—with Opt. to express a wish, ὄλοιντο μή τι πάντες Soph. after Verbs of fear or doubt, Hom. , etc. in questions, μή τί σοι δοκῶ ταρβεῖν; "do I" seem to thee to fear? (i. e. I do not), Aesch. μή τί γε, "let alone, much less", Lat. nedum, ne dicam, Dem.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

μή-τις Rec. for μή τις (see: μή יׇקְמְעָם, I, III, and cf. Thayer, see: μήτις) μή-τις Rec. for μή τις (see: μή יׇקְמְעָם, I, III, and cf. Thayer, see: μήτις) (AS)

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