mēti · surely not?

What it means

mēti (μήτι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “surely not?”.

Surely not...? (a question that expects "no").

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Expecting "no": "it can't be…, can it?".
2. "Might this be…?", suspecting yes.
3. Except if what follows takes place.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• he ×3
• It is not ×2
• unless ×2
• Am I ×1
• Could ×1
• People do not do they ×1
• Surely Titus did not ×1
• Surely not ×1
• does not ×1
• except ×1
• others ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• John×3
• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×3
• James×1

• Matthew 7:16

  By their fruits you will recognize them. People do not gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles, do they?

• Matthew 12:23

  And all the crowds were astounded and were saying, “This is not the Son of David, is he?”

• Matthew 26:22

  And being deeply grieved, they began to say to him each one, “It is not I, is it, Lord?”

• Matthew 26:25

  And Judas, who was handing him over, answered, “It is not I, is it, Rabbi?” He says to him, “You have said it.”

• Mark 4:21

  And he was saying to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under the basket or under the bed? Is it not to be put on the lampstand?

• Mark 14:19

  They began to be grieved and to say to him one by one, “Surely not I?”

• Luke 6:39

  And he also told them a parable: “A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?

• Luke 9:13

  But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

• John 4:29

  “Come, see a man who told me everything that I have done! Could this be the Messiah?”

• John 8:22

  So the Jews were saying, “Surely he will not kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

• John 18:35

  Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the high priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”

• Acts 10:47

  “Can anyone really withhold the water so that these are not immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we also did?”

• 1 Corinthians 7:5

  Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then be together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

• 2 Corinthians 1:17

  So when I intended this, surely I did not act with fickleness? Or what I plan, do I plan it according to the flesh, so that with me there may be “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?

• 2 Corinthians 12:18

  I urged Titus to go and sent along with him the brother. Surely Titus did not take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same footsteps?

• 2 Corinthians 13:5

  Test yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; examine yourselves. Or do you not recognize about yourselves that Jesus the Messiah is in you? —unless you are disqualified!

• James 3:11

  A spring does not pour forth from the same opening the sweet and the bitter, does it?