μή
not
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Particle
- A short, often untranslatable function word adding nuance or connection.
Degree
- Negative
- Marks a negative form.
Every verse where G3361 appears in the Book of Acts — 60 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Acts
- Acts 1:4 μὴ ptcl neg Being assembled together with them, he charged them, "Don't depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
- Acts 1:20 μὴ ptcl neg For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation be made desolate, Let no one dwell therein,' and, 'Let another take his office.'
- Acts 2:25 μὴ ptcl neg For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
- Acts 3:23 μὴ ptcl neg It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
- Acts 4:17 μὴ ptcl neg But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."
- Acts 4:18 μὴ ptcl neg They called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 4:20 μὴ ptcl neg for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
- Acts 5:7 μὴ ptcl neg About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.
- Acts 5:26 μὴ ptcl neg Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
- Acts 5:28 μὴ ptcl neg saying, "Didn't we strictly charge you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."
- Acts 5:40 μὴ ptcl neg They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 7:19 μὴ ptcl neg The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.
- Acts 7:28 μὴ ptcl neg Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
- Acts 7:42 μὴ ptcl neg But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- Acts 7:60 μὴ ptcl neg He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Acts 8:31 μή ptcl neg He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
- Acts 9:9 μὴ ptcl neg He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.
- Acts 9:26 μὴ ptcl neg When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
- Acts 9:38 μὴ ptcl neg As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to them.
- Acts 10:15 μὴ ptcl neg A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean."
- Acts 10:47 μὴ ptcl neg "Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"
- Acts 11:9 μὴ ptcl neg But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'
- Acts 11:19 μὴ ptcl neg They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
- Acts 12:19 μὴ ptcl neg When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
- Acts 13:11 μὴ ptcl neg Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
- Acts 13:40 μὴ ptcl neg Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:
- Acts 13:41 μὴ ptcl neg 'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.'"
- Acts 14:18 μὴ ptcl neg Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.
- Acts 15:1 μὴ ptcl neg Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved."
- Acts 15:19 μὴ ptcl neg "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
- Acts 15:38 μὴ μὴ ptcl neg ptcl neg But Paul didn't think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn't go with them to do the work.
- Acts 17:6 μὴ ptcl neg When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
- Acts 18:9 μὴ μὴ ptcl neg ptcl neg The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;
- Acts 19:31 μὴ ptcl neg Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
- Acts 20:10 μὴ ptcl neg Paul went down, and fell upon him, and embracing him said, "Don't be troubled, for his life is in him."
- Acts 20:16 μὴ ptcl neg For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
- Acts 20:20 μὴ ptcl neg how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
- Acts 20:22 μὴ ptcl neg Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
- Acts 20:27 μὴ ptcl neg for I didn't shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
- Acts 20:29 μὴ ptcl neg For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
- Acts 21:4 μὴ ptcl neg Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 21:12 μὴ ptcl neg When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 21:14 μὴ ptcl neg When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done."
- Acts 21:21 μὴ ptcl neg They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.
- Acts 21:34 μὴ ptcl neg Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.
- Acts 23:8 μὴ ptcl neg For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
- Acts 23:10 μὴ ptcl neg When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
- Acts 23:21 μὴ ptcl neg Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."
- Acts 24:4 μὴ ptcl neg But, that I don't delay you, I entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words.
- Acts 25:24 μὴ ptcl neg Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
- Acts 25:27 μὴ ptcl neg For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."
- Acts 26:32 μὴ ptcl neg Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
- Acts 27:7 μὴ ptcl neg When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
- Acts 27:15 μὴ ptcl neg When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
- Acts 27:17 μὴ ptcl neg After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.
- Acts 27:21 μὴ ptcl neg When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.
- Acts 27:24 μὴ ptcl neg saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
- Acts 27:31 μὴ ptcl neg Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved."
- Acts 27:42 μή ptcl neg The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
- Acts 28:26 μὴ μὴ ptcl neg ptcl neg saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, μη (mḗ) means “not.” It first appears in Matthew 1:19. It turns up in 914 verses across 27 books, one of the most common footprint. Sharing its root, it stands alongside ου, ου μη and ουδε. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G3361 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 914
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 914 distinct verses.
- 27 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 27 of 27 New Testament books.
- #19
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Greek words (rank 19 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 914 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 914 distinct verses.
- Gospels 419 verses · 46%
- Pauline corpus 290 verses · 32%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 186 verses · 20%
- Johannine 174 verses · 19%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 67 verses · 7%
- Revelation 41 verses · 4%
- Hebrews 37 verses · 4%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Not 493×, No 49×, God forbid 15×
- American Standard Version: Not 535×, No 64×, Lest 20×
- Berean Standard Bible: Not 142×, Do not 122×, No 41×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Not 754×, Certainly not 88×, Except 67×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3361 across 647 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 33 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 27 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3361 across 863 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 89 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3361 across 413 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 26 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 242 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3361 across 1,087 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- no, not lest
Word origin
Derived from ου (ou) (G3756) — not.
A primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 expresses an absolute denial); (adverbially) not (conjugationally) lest ; also (as interrogitive implying a negative answer [whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one]); whether : - any but (that) X forbear + God forbid + lack lest neither never no (X wise in) none nor [can-] not nothing that not un [-taken] without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also G3362 G3363 G3364 G3372 G3373 G3375 G3378 .
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 4 distinct written forms G3361 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μὴ mḕ | Particle, Negative | Matthew 1:19 | 966 |
| μή mḗ | Particle, Negative | Matthew 23:39 | 47 |
| Μὴ Mḕ | Particle, Negative | Matthew 5:17 | 12 |
| μήγε mḗge | Particle, Negative | Matthew 6:1 | 8 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3361, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- ου μη ou mḗ G3364 by no means
- ουδε oudé G3761 neither
- ουκετι oukéti G3765 no longer
- ουκουν oukoûn G3766 not therefore
- ουπω oúpō G3768 not yet
- ουτε oúte G3777 neither
- ουχι ouchí G3780 not at all
Derived from this word
- μηδαμως mēdamōs G3365 by no means
- μηδε mēdé G3366 and not
- μηδεις mēdeís G3367 no one
- μηκετι mēkéti G3371 no longer
- μη ουκ mḕ ouk G3378 not ever
- μηποτε mḗpote G3379 lest
- μηπω mḗpō G3380 not yet
- μηπως mḗpōs G3381 lest
- μητε mḗte G3383 nor
- μητι mḗti G3385 whether
- μητις mḗtis G3387 let no one
- ου ou G3756 not
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 20 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word μη appears 2,278 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 1,896 verses in 37 books.
- 2,278
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 1,896
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 3:1 μή
- Exodus 2:14 μή
- Leviticus 5:1 μή
- Numbers 4:15 μή
- Deuteronomy 1:17 μή
- Joshua 1:9 μή
- Judges 2:3 μή
- Ruth 1:11 μή
- 1 Samuel 1:6 μή
- 2 Samuel 1:20 μή
- 1 Kings 2:9 μή
- 2 Kings 1:3 μή
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3361) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 1,896. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 3:1 μή Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:3 μή but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
- Genesis 3:11 μή God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
- Genesis 3:17 μή To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Genesis 4:7 μή If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."
- Genesis 4:9 μή Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
- Genesis 4:15 μή Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
- Genesis 6:3 μή Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 7:2 μή You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
- Genesis 7:3 μή Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 7:8 μή Clean animals, animals that are not clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground
- Genesis 11:7 μή Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
- Genesis 13:8 μή Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
- Genesis 14:23 μή that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
- Genesis 15:1 μή After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
- Genesis 16:2 μή Sarai said to Abram," See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
- Genesis 18:3 μή and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.
- Genesis 18:14 μή Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
- Genesis 18:17 μή Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
- Genesis 18:21 μή I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."
- Genesis 18:23 μή Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 18:28 μή What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."
- Genesis 18:29 μή He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."
- Genesis 18:30 μή He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
- Genesis 18:31 μή He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."
- Genesis 18:32 μή He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
- Genesis 19:7 μή He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.
- Genesis 19:8 μή See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."
- Genesis 19:9 μή They said, "Stand back!" They said, "This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
- Genesis 19:15 μή When the morning arose, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."
- Genesis 19:17 μή It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed!"
- Genesis 19:19 μή See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
- Genesis 19:21 μή He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
- Genesis 20:6 μή God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
- Genesis 20:7 μή Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours."
- Genesis 20:9 μή Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
- Genesis 21:12 μή God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.
- Genesis 21:16 μή She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
- Genesis 21:17 μή God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
- Genesis 21:23 μή Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
- Genesis 22:12 μή He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
- Genesis 23:6 μή "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury your dead. None of us will withhold from you his tomb, but that you may bury your dead."
- Genesis 24:3 μή I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
- Genesis 24:6 μή Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again.
- Genesis 24:8 μή If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."
- Genesis 24:33 μή Food was set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."
- Genesis 24:41 μή Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'
- Genesis 24:49 μή Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."
- Genesis 24:56 μή He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."
- Genesis 26:2 μή Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3361) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
