meketi marks that a prior action, condition, or practice is to stop and not continue.

The attested use marks a prior activity or condition as no longer continuing: believers are not to remain enslaved to sin or persist in former conduct, and practical situations such as drinking only water, troubling a teacher, or finding room reach an end. In commands, it sets a boundary against further action, as in speaking in a name, sinning, entering again, or bearing fruit again.

1. Cessation or prohibition of further continuance · dominant

   As an adverb, the form marks an action or state as ending rather than continuing. In Romans 6:6 the APB renders the purpose as not being “enslaved to sin,” while Ephesians 4:28 turns from stealing to honest labor; in John 5:14 and Mark 9:25, the clauses forbid further sinning and a further entrance by the spirit.

   Romans 6:6Ephesians 4:281 Timothy 5:23John 5:14Mark 9:25Acts 4:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the adverb with “no longer,” as in Romans 6:6 and 1 Timothy 5:23, and uses “never again” or “Sin no more” in directive clauses such as Acts 4:17, Mark 9:25, and John 5:14. These renderings show the clauses’ overall temporal and prohibitive force rather than a fixed English equivalent.