Quick Definition
μήτι Irg.prt. if not, unless
Strong's Definition
from 3361 and the neuter of 5100; whether at all
KJV Usage: not (the particle usually not expressed, except by the form of the question)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
part. | μή + τίς, τί
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μήτι [so GT WH R (commonly), but μή τε L (exe. 1 Co. vi. 3) Tr (exc. Mt. xxvi. 22, 25; Mk. iv. 21)j, (up and τί), whether at all, whether perchance, an interrogative expecting a negative answer; in a direct question (Germ. doch nicht etwa? [in Eng. generally untranslated: cf. W. § 57,3b.; B. 248 (213)]): Mt. vii. 16; xxvi. 22. 25; Mk. iv. 21; xiv. 19; Lk. vi. 39; Jn. vii. 81 [Β 6]: Vili. 22; xviii. 35; xxi. 5 [here all texts μή re (properly)]; Acts x. 47; 2 Co. xii. 18; Jas. iii. 11 ; μήτι dpa, 2 Co. i. 17; used by one asking doubtfully yet inclining to believe what he asks about (see μήποτε, 3 a.): Mt. xii. 23: Jn pnteye iv. 29. εἶ μήτι, see εἰ, III. 10. μήτιγε (or μήτι ye) see in its place.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μήτι mēti 18x
interrogative particle, used in questions expecting a negative answer; has the same use as μή in the form εἰ μήτε, Lk. 9:3; also when prefixed to an interrogative clause, Mt. 7:16; Jn. 4:29
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μή-τι, interrog. particle, expecting a negative answer: Mt 7:16 26:22, 25, Mk 4:21 14:19, Lk 6:39, Jo 8:22 18:35, Ac 10:47, II Co 12:18, Ja 3:11; in hesitant questions (v. M, Pr., 170n), μ οὗτός ἐστιν, can this be, Mt 12:23, Jo 4:29; μ. ἄρα, II Co 1:17; on εἰ μήτι (Lk 9:13, cf. Bl., § 65, 6), v.s. εἰ.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μητί. On the translation of μητί in the NT, see Moulton Proleg. p. 170 and Hort ad Jas 34.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μήτι (mēti) — surely not. Included with: μήτῐς or μή τις, ὁ, ἡ, neuter μήτῐ, genitive μήτῐνος: (τὶς) old Gr. and Cretan dialect for μηδείς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect dative singular μηδιμί [Refs] —hence
1. μήτι or μή τι, adverb, with imperative, and infinitive used imperatively, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with optative to express a wish, ὄλοιντο μή τι πάντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. after Verbs of fear or doubt, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. in direct questions, μή τί σοι δοκῶ ταρβεῖ; do I.. ? (i.e. I do not), [NT+4th c.BC+]
4. μή τί γε let alone, much less, οὐδὲ στρατιώτης οὗτός γε οὐδενός ἐστιν ἄξιος, μή τί γε τῶν ἄλλων ἡγεμών [Refs 4th c.BC+]; later, not to mention, οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμε; μήτι γε βιωτικά [NT]: with a word between, ὡς.. δώσοντι δίκην, μή τι ποιήσαντί γε [Refs 5th c.BC+]