mēketi · no longer

What it means

mēketi (μηκέτι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “no longer”.

Never again.

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. That something no longer goes on or happens again from now on.

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

How it is translated

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

• no longer ×15
• any longer ×2
• no more ×2
• ever again ×1
• never again ×1

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×4
• Luke×1
• John×1
• Acts×3
• Romans×3
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×3
• 1 Thessalonians×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 21:19

  And seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and he says to it, “May no more fruit come from you, forever.” And the fig tree withered immediately.

• Mark 1:45

  But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the word, so that he could no longer enter a town openly, but was out in deserted places; and they kept coming to him from everywhere.

• Mark 2:2

  And many gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and he was speaking the word to them.

• Mark 9:25

  And when Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never again enter into him!”

• Mark 11:14

  And he responded and said to it, “May no one ever again eat fruit from you.” And his disciples were listening.

• Luke 8:49

  He was still speaking when someone comes from the synagogue leader’s house, saying, “Your daughter has died; do not trouble the Teacher any longer.”

• John 5:14

  After these things Jesus finds him in the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.”

• Acts 4:17

  But so that it may not spread further among the people, let us warn them no longer to speak in this name to any person.”

• Acts 13:34

  And that he raised him from the dead, no longer destined to return to decay, he has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy things of David, the sure ones.’

• Acts 25:24

  And Festus says, “King Agrippa, and all you men who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.

• Romans 6:6

  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer serve as slaves to sin;

• Romans 14:13

  Therefore let us no longer judge one another, but rather judge this: not to put a cause of stumbling or an offense in the way of your brother.

• Romans 15:23

  But now, no longer having a place in these regions, and having a longing to come to you for many years,

• 2 Corinthians 5:15

  and he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the one who died for them and was raised.

• Ephesians 4:14

  so that we may no longer be children, tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of men, by craftiness in the scheming of error;

• Ephesians 4:17

  This therefore I say and testify in the Lord: that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the futility of their mind,

• Ephesians 4:28

  Let the one who steals no longer steal, but rather let him labor, working with his own hands what is good, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

• 1 Thessalonians 3:1

  Therefore, when we could no longer bear it, we thought it good to be left behind in Athens alone,

• 1 Thessalonians 3:5

  For this reason I also, when I could no longer bear it, sent to learn of your faith, for fear that the tempter had tempted you and our labor might be in vain.

• 1 Timothy 5:23

  No longer drink only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

• 1 Peter 4:2

  so as to live the rest of your time in the flesh no longer for human desires but for the will of God.