adverb
mēketi
Strong’sG3371
no longer
stem mēketi-22 times in the New Testamentin 11 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
μηκέτι is an adverb meaning no longer, no more, no further 1234 — used to say that something which was happening or was the case should stop or does not continue any further 123. It is formed from the negative particle μή and ἔτι ("still, yet") 13, and appears with a range of constructions (commands, purpose clauses, infinitives, participles) all carrying this same sense of putting an end to something 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
μηκέτι
(< μή, ἔτι),
adv.,G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3371 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb, (formed from μή, ἔτι, with κ inserted on a false analogy with οὐκέτι) no more, no longer, no further, Refs 8th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
22 occurrences, every one of them listed
mēketi19×
Mark 1:45… polleim kai diafēmizarō ton logon, hōste mēketi auton dunorō fanerōs eis polan eiserchara, …… spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view …
Mark 2:2“no longer”kai sunagila pollois hōste mēketi chōrarō mēde teim pros tan thuran, …… no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus …
Mark 9:25… epitassamō si, exerchasar ek autou kai mēketi eiserchaseia eis auton.… command you to come out and never enter him again.”
Luke 8:49… legarōntos hoti Thnēskatē tas thugatras su, mēketi skullasōr ton didaskalon.… is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
John 5:14“not … anymore”… kai legata auto; Ide hugios genasē; mēketi hamartasōr, hina mē cheirōnem si tinem …… the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
John 8:11… Oude mis sin krinamō poreuosōr, kai mēketi hamartasōr.… Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
Acts 4:17“no more”… dianemiteia eis ton laon, apeileneia autoi mēketi lalarō epi te onome houte mēdeno …… any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
Acts 13:34“no more”hoti de anastēata auton ek nekroiu mēketi mellarōnton hupostrefarō eis diafthoran, houtōs legatē …… fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings …
Acts 25:24… enthade, boarōntois mē darō auton zōarō mēketi.… that he ought not to live any longer.
Romans 6:6… katargiteia tem sōmem tau hamartau, teu mēketi douleuarō nin ta hamarta,… be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Romans 15:23“no longer”nuni de mēketi topon echarōntos en tei klimei houtei, …But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since …
2 Corinthians 5:15… huper pantoiu apothnēskata hina tois zōarōntois mēketi heautoi zōaleiō alla to huper autoiu …… all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him …
Ephesians 4:14hina mēketi aneiō nēpiois, kludōnizorōntois kai periferorōntois panto …Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the …
Ephesians 4:17… oun legamō kai marturoomō en kurio, mēketi vin peripatarō kathōs kai teim ethneim …… in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in …
Ephesians 4:28tos kleptarōntos mēketi kleptatōr, mallon de kopiatōr ergazorōntos tai …… who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with …
1 Thessalonians 3:1Dio mēketi stegarōntois eudokana kataleipira en Athēnai monois,So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left …
1 Thessalonians 3:5dia houtem kamis mēketi stegarōntos pempama eis tem gnōskara tan …… reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about …
1 Timothy 5:23“no longer”mēketi hudropotasōr, alla oino oligo chrosōr dia …… drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because …
1 Peter 4:2“no longer”eis tem mēketi anthrōpoiu epithumiai alla thelēme theou ton …Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
Mēketi3×
Matthew 21:19… mē fulleim monem, kai legatō auta; Mēketi ek su karpos geneteia eis ton …… leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree …
Mark 11:14“no longer”kai apokrinirantos legata auta; Mēketi eis ton aiōnon ek su mēdenos …Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat …
Romans 14:13“no longer”Mēketi oun allēloin krinaneiō; alla houtem krinavar …Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make …