Strong G3777οὔτε
neither
- Transliteration
- oute
- Pronunciation
- oo'-teh
- Morphology
- Greek Negative JOINED TO Greek Conjunction
Definition
Detailed definition
οὔτε
negative particle, related to μήτε as οὐ to μή,
and not, neither, nor: οὐδεὶς... οὔτε, Rev.5:4; οὐδὲ... οὔτε, Gal.1:12; οὔτε... καί, Jhn.4:11; after a question with μή interrog., Jas.3:12; οὔτε... οὔτε, neither... nor, Mat.6:20, Mrk.12:25, Jhn.4:21, Act.15:10, Rom.8:38-39, Gal.5:6, al
(AS)
negative particle, related to μήτε as οὐ to μή,
and not, neither, nor: οὐδεὶς... οὔτε, Rev.5:4; οὐδὲ... οὔτε, Gal.1:12; οὔτε... καί, Jhn.4:11; after a question with μή interrog., Jas.3:12; οὔτε... οὔτε, neither... nor, Mat.6:20, Mrk.12:25, Jhn.4:21, Act.15:10, Rom.8:38-39, Gal.5:6, al
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3777 appears in 45 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- neither37
- nor24
- yet4
- be1
- none1
- not1
- nothing1
First verses
- Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
- Matthew 12:32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
- Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
- Mark 5:3Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
- Mark 12:25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
- Luke 12:26If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
- Luke 14:35It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Luke 20:35But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
- Luke 20:36Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
- John 1:25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
- John 4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
- John 4:21Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
- John 5:37And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
- John 8:19Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
- John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
- Acts 4:12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
- Acts 15:10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
- Acts 19:37For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
- Acts 24:12And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
- Acts 24:13Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
οὔτε,
adverb, (οὐ, τε) joining negative clauses, as τε joins positive, but rare in the simple sense and not, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.265 (variant), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155 (variant))]; οὔτε γὰρ ἐκείνους διδόναι, Latin neque enim, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.3 (probably _falsa lectio_ for{οὐδὲ}))]; and occasionally in later writers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 208a8, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 27, 53, etc.)]
II mostly repeated, οὔτε.., οὔτε.. neither.., nor.., Latin neque.., neque.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently joins another Particle with the first or second οὔτε)], as οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτε..; οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτ᾽ ἂρ..; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ τε.., οὔτ᾽ ἄρα.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.89; οὔτ᾽ οὖν, see at {οὖν} 1; οὔτε.. οὖν.., οὔτ᾽ ἄρα.. 20.7)]; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ.., οὔτε τι.., or οὔτε τι.., οὔτε..,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (1.115, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.202)]; so too οὔτε.., οὔτε μὴν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.12; οὔτε.., οὔτ᾽ αὖ.., see below 3.)]
II.2 frequently used to divide up a general negation into two or more parts, ὡς δ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν, οὔτ᾽ ἂρ ὁ τὸν δύναται ὑποφεύγειν οὔθ᾽ ὁ διώκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.200; thrice repeated, οὔ μοι Τρώων.. μέλει ἄλγος.., οὔτ᾽ αὐτῆς Ἑκάβης οὔτε Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος οὔτε κασιγνήτων 6.450; οὐκ ἔπειθεν οὔτε τοὺς στρατηγοὺς οὔτε τοὺς στρατιώτας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4)]: without a negative preceding, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.490, 2.202, etc.)]
II.3 within one of the two clauses distinguished by οὔτε a subordinate part may be introduced by οὐδέ, οὔτε γὰρ ἐκ σκίλλης ῥόδα φύεται οὐδ᾽ ὑάκινθος (οὐθ᾽ codices), οὐ δέ ποτ᾽ ἐκ δούλης τέκνον ἐλευθέριον [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 537; οὔτε.. ἀπέφηνεν οὐδὲ παρέσχηται μάρτυρας, οὔτ᾽ αὖ τὸν ἀριθμὸν.. ἐπανέφερεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.49: sometimes after several clauses distinguished by οὔτε the last is introduced emphatic by οὐδέ, οὔτε φάρμακα οὔτε καύσεις οὔτε τομαὶ οὐδ᾽ αὖ ἐπῳδαί)] nor yet incantations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 426b, compare 499b (so μηδέ)] after clauses with μήτε, μήτε παιδεία μήτε δικαστήρια μήτε νόμοι μηδὲ ἀνάγκη μηδεμία [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 327d))]; so οὐδέ (μηδέ) may sometimes follow a single οὔτε (μήτε), οὐδέ ποτέ σφιν οὔτε τι πημανθῆναι ἔπι δέος, οὐδ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι neither to suffer misery, nor yet to die, see reading in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.563, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.83, “I.” 2.44, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1139, 1141 (assuming variant), 1297 (conjecture), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 19d: in many of these places, however, the readings vary, and editors have altered οὐδέ into οὔτε)]; but this cannot be done in some cases, as οὔτ᾽ ἂν ὑπό γε ἑνὸς.. πάθοι, ἴσως δ᾽ οὐδὲ ὑπὸ πλεόνων [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “La.” 182b: so when οὔτε is followed by οὐδὲ μέν, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.207)]; by οὐδὲ μήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.27)]; οὐδ᾽ αὖ, see above—But οὔτε (μήτε) cannot be used simply answering to οὐδέ (μηδέ), see at {μηδέ} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 2.)]
II.4 οὔτε may be followed by a Posit. clause with τε, οὔτ᾽ αὐτὸς κτενέει, ἀπό τ᾽ ἄλλους πάντας ἐρύξει he both will not kill and will defend, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.156, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 246, 262, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.48, etc.)]: sometimes the negative is added after the τε, οὔτ᾽ ὦν.. καρπὸν ἔδωκαν ἄρουραι, δένδρεά τ᾽ οὐκ ἐθέλει.. φέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.40, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 763, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 302; κυάμους δὲ οὔτε τι μάλα σπείρουσι, τούς τε γενομένους οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37: the combination οὔτε.., καί)].. is uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 591)], but is found in later writers, as [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 2.4, Chor.in “Rev.Phil.” 1877.218.)]
II.5 οὔτε is frequently, by anacoluthon, followed not by a second οὔτε, but by some other Particle, as by οὐδέ, see above 3; by δέ alone, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.368, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 388e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.16.)]
II.5.b in Poets, οὐ sometimes follows without any conjunctive Particle, οὐκ ἦν ἀλέξημ᾽ οὐδὲν οὔτε βρώσιμον, οὐ χριστόν, οὔτε πιστόν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 479)]; οὔτε πλινθυφεῖς δόμους.. ᾖσαν, οὐ ξυλουργίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 450, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.139f; οὔτε βλάστας.. πατρός, οὐ μητρὸς εἶχον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 972, compare “Ant.” 249, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 41)]: so also in the Prose of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, ἐς ποταμὸν οὔτε ἐνουρέουσι οὔτε ἐμπτύουσι, οὐ χεῖρας ἐναπονίζονται, οὐδέ.. 1.138.)]
II.5.c in Poets also οὔτε is sometimes replaced by οὐ, οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ᾽ ἂρ χειμὼν πολὺς οὔτε ποτ᾽ ὄμβρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.566; οὐ γὰρ ἂν εἰδείης ἀνδρὸς νόον οὔτε γυναικός 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 125 (uncertain reading), compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.115, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.136, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 588 (Lyric poetry, assuming variant), etc.)]
II.5.d the former οὔτε is sometimes omitted, ναυσὶ δ᾽ οὔτε πεζὸς ἰών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.29)]; νόσοι δ᾽ οὔτε γῆρας[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 41; Πάρις γὰρ οὔτε συντελὴς πόλις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 532, compare “Ch.” 294; and see at {μήτε} 2.)]
II.6 when οὔτε and μήτε correspond, each retains its proper sense, ἀναιδὴς οὔτ᾽ εἰμὶ μήτε γενοίμην neither am I shameless, nor may I become so, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.68, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.128.)]
adverb, (οὐ, τε) joining negative clauses, as τε joins positive, but rare in the simple sense and not, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.265 (variant), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155 (variant))]; οὔτε γὰρ ἐκείνους διδόναι, Latin neque enim, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.3 (probably _falsa lectio_ for{οὐδὲ}))]; and occasionally in later writers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 208a8, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 27, 53, etc.)]
II mostly repeated, οὔτε.., οὔτε.. neither.., nor.., Latin neque.., neque.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently joins another Particle with the first or second οὔτε)], as οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτε..; οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτ᾽ ἂρ..; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ τε.., οὔτ᾽ ἄρα.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.89; οὔτ᾽ οὖν, see at {οὖν} 1; οὔτε.. οὖν.., οὔτ᾽ ἄρα.. 20.7)]; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ.., οὔτε τι.., or οὔτε τι.., οὔτε..,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (1.115, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.202)]; so too οὔτε.., οὔτε μὴν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.12; οὔτε.., οὔτ᾽ αὖ.., see below 3.)]
II.2 frequently used to divide up a general negation into two or more parts, ὡς δ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν, οὔτ᾽ ἂρ ὁ τὸν δύναται ὑποφεύγειν οὔθ᾽ ὁ διώκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.200; thrice repeated, οὔ μοι Τρώων.. μέλει ἄλγος.., οὔτ᾽ αὐτῆς Ἑκάβης οὔτε Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος οὔτε κασιγνήτων 6.450; οὐκ ἔπειθεν οὔτε τοὺς στρατηγοὺς οὔτε τοὺς στρατιώτας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4)]: without a negative preceding, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.490, 2.202, etc.)]
II.3 within one of the two clauses distinguished by οὔτε a subordinate part may be introduced by οὐδέ, οὔτε γὰρ ἐκ σκίλλης ῥόδα φύεται οὐδ᾽ ὑάκινθος (οὐθ᾽ codices), οὐ δέ ποτ᾽ ἐκ δούλης τέκνον ἐλευθέριον [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 537; οὔτε.. ἀπέφηνεν οὐδὲ παρέσχηται μάρτυρας, οὔτ᾽ αὖ τὸν ἀριθμὸν.. ἐπανέφερεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.49: sometimes after several clauses distinguished by οὔτε the last is introduced emphatic by οὐδέ, οὔτε φάρμακα οὔτε καύσεις οὔτε τομαὶ οὐδ᾽ αὖ ἐπῳδαί)] nor yet incantations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 426b, compare 499b (so μηδέ)] after clauses with μήτε, μήτε παιδεία μήτε δικαστήρια μήτε νόμοι μηδὲ ἀνάγκη μηδεμία [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 327d))]; so οὐδέ (μηδέ) may sometimes follow a single οὔτε (μήτε), οὐδέ ποτέ σφιν οὔτε τι πημανθῆναι ἔπι δέος, οὐδ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι neither to suffer misery, nor yet to die, see reading in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.563, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.83, “I.” 2.44, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1139, 1141 (assuming variant), 1297 (conjecture), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 19d: in many of these places, however, the readings vary, and editors have altered οὐδέ into οὔτε)]; but this cannot be done in some cases, as οὔτ᾽ ἂν ὑπό γε ἑνὸς.. πάθοι, ἴσως δ᾽ οὐδὲ ὑπὸ πλεόνων [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “La.” 182b: so when οὔτε is followed by οὐδὲ μέν, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.207)]; by οὐδὲ μήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.27)]; οὐδ᾽ αὖ, see above—But οὔτε (μήτε) cannot be used simply answering to οὐδέ (μηδέ), see at {μηδέ} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 2.)]
II.4 οὔτε may be followed by a Posit. clause with τε, οὔτ᾽ αὐτὸς κτενέει, ἀπό τ᾽ ἄλλους πάντας ἐρύξει he both will not kill and will defend, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.156, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 246, 262, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.48, etc.)]: sometimes the negative is added after the τε, οὔτ᾽ ὦν.. καρπὸν ἔδωκαν ἄρουραι, δένδρεά τ᾽ οὐκ ἐθέλει.. φέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.40, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 763, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 302; κυάμους δὲ οὔτε τι μάλα σπείρουσι, τούς τε γενομένους οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37: the combination οὔτε.., καί)].. is uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 591)], but is found in later writers, as [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 2.4, Chor.in “Rev.Phil.” 1877.218.)]
II.5 οὔτε is frequently, by anacoluthon, followed not by a second οὔτε, but by some other Particle, as by οὐδέ, see above 3; by δέ alone, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.368, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 388e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.16.)]
II.5.b in Poets, οὐ sometimes follows without any conjunctive Particle, οὐκ ἦν ἀλέξημ᾽ οὐδὲν οὔτε βρώσιμον, οὐ χριστόν, οὔτε πιστόν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 479)]; οὔτε πλινθυφεῖς δόμους.. ᾖσαν, οὐ ξυλουργίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 450, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.139f; οὔτε βλάστας.. πατρός, οὐ μητρὸς εἶχον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 972, compare “Ant.” 249, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 41)]: so also in the Prose of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, ἐς ποταμὸν οὔτε ἐνουρέουσι οὔτε ἐμπτύουσι, οὐ χεῖρας ἐναπονίζονται, οὐδέ.. 1.138.)]
II.5.c in Poets also οὔτε is sometimes replaced by οὐ, οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ᾽ ἂρ χειμὼν πολὺς οὔτε ποτ᾽ ὄμβρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.566; οὐ γὰρ ἂν εἰδείης ἀνδρὸς νόον οὔτε γυναικός 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 125 (uncertain reading), compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.115, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.136, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 588 (Lyric poetry, assuming variant), etc.)]
II.5.d the former οὔτε is sometimes omitted, ναυσὶ δ᾽ οὔτε πεζὸς ἰών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.29)]; νόσοι δ᾽ οὔτε γῆρας[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 41; Πάρις γὰρ οὔτε συντελὴς πόλις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 532, compare “Ch.” 294; and see at {μήτε} 2.)]
II.6 when οὔτε and μήτε correspond, each retains its proper sense, ἀναιδὴς οὔτ᾽ εἰμὶ μήτε γενοίμην neither am I shameless, nor may I become so, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.68, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.128.)]