Quick Definition
and not, not even
Strong's Definition
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
Derivation: from G3361 (μή) and G1161 (δέ);
KJV Usage: neither, nor (yet), (no) not (once, so much as)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μηδέ (μή, which see, and δέ) (from Homer down), a negative disjunctive conjunction; (cf. Winers Grammar, § 55, 6; Buttmann, § 149, 13);
1. used in continuing a negation or prohibition, but not, and not, neither; preceded by μή either so that the two negatives have one verb in common: preceded by μή with a participle, Mat_22:23; Mar_12:24; by μή with a present subjunctive, 1Co_5:8 (here L marginal reading present indicative); 1Jn_3:18; by μή with imperative, Mat_6:25; Luk_10:4; Luk_12:22; Luk_14:12; 1Jn_2:15; by μή with an aorist subjunctive 2 person plural, Mat_10:9 f; by εἰς τό μή, 2Th_2:2 L T Tr WH; or so that μηδέ has its own verb: preceded by ὅς ἐάν (ἄν) μή, Mat_10:14; Mar_6:11; by ἵνα μή, Joh_4:15; by ὅπως μή, Luk_16:26; with a participle after μή with a participle, Luk_12:47; 2Co_4:2; with an imperative after μή with imperative, Joh_14:27; Rom_6:12; Heb_12:5; μηδενί ἐπιτίθει, followed by μηδέ with imperative 1Ti_5:22; with 2 person of the aorist subjunctive after μή with 2 person of the aorist subjunctive, Mat_7:6; Mat_23:9; Luk_17:23; Col_2:21; 1Pe_3:14; after μηδέ with an aorist subjunctive Mar_8:26 (T reads μή for the first μηδέ, T WH Tr marginal reading omit the second clause); after μηδένα with an aorist subjunctive, Luk_3:14 (Tdf. repeats μηδένα); μηδέ ... μηδέ with 1 person plural present subjunctive, 1Co_10:8 f (see below); παραγγέλλω followed by μή with inf ... μηδέ with an infinitive, Act_4:18; 1Ti_1:4; 1Ti_6:17; καλόν τό μή ... μηδέ with an infinitive Rom_14:21; with the genitive absolute after μήπω with the genitive absolute, Rom_9:11; with imperative after εἰς τό μή, 1Co_10:7; μηδέ is repeated several times in a negative exhortation after εἰς τό μή in 1Co_10:7-10.
2. not even (Latinne ... quidem): with an infinitive after ἔγραψα, 1Co_5:11; after ὥστε, Mar_2:2; Mar_3:20 (where R G T badly μήτε (cf. Winers Grammar, 489f (456); Buttmann, pp. 367, 369)); with a present imperative, Eph_5:3; 2Th_3:10.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μηδέ mēde 56x
negative disjunctive particle, can function as an adverb and a conj, neither, and repeated, neither-nor, Mat_6:25 ; Mat_7:6 ; Mat_10:9-10 ;
not even, not so much as, Mar_2:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μηδέ ,
negative particle, related to οὐδέ as μή to οὐ ,
1. as conic., continuing a negation or prohibition, but not, and not, nor: preceded by μή , Mat_6:25 ; Mat_22:29 , Mar_12:24 , Luk_14:12 , al. ; ἵνα μή , Joh_4:15 ; ὅπως μή , Luk_16:26 ; μηδέ . . . μηδέ , neither . . . nor, Mat_10:10 , 1Co_10:8-9 .
2. As adv. , strengthening a negation, not even: Mar_2:2 , 1Co_5:11 , al.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μηδέ [page 409]
P Lond 42 .20 f (B.C. 168) (=1. p. 30, Selections , p. 10) σὲ δὲ μηδ᾽ ἐντεθυμῆσθαι τοῦ παραγενέσθαι μηδ᾽ ἐνβεβλοφέναι εἰς τὴν ἡμετέραν περίστασιν , that you have neither thought of returning, nor spared a look for our helpless state the complaint of a wife to her husband who had shut himself up in the Serapeum, P Grenf I 43 .7 f (ii/B.C.) α ]ὐτοῦ δὲ μηδ᾽ ἀποδεδωκότος ἡμῖν μ [ηδ ]ε̣, ἵππον μηδὲ τὴν πορείαν αὐτῆς ἐπ [ιδε ]δωκότος ἐγράψαμέν σοι , ὅπως οὖν εἰδῆ [ις .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μηδέ μή δέ, Negat. Particle, (related to οὐδέ as μή to οὐ): as Conjunct. "but not or and not, nor", μή τι σὺ ταῦτα διείρεο μηδὲ μετάλλα Il. :—more rarely without a negative preceding, τεκνοῦσθαι, μηδ᾽ ἄπαιδα θνήσκειν Aesch. doubled, μηδέ . . μηδέ . . , Opposing the two clauses of a sentence, Il. :— μηδέ also follows μήτε, Soph. , Plat. as adv., joined with a single word or phrase, "not even", Lat. ne . . quidem, Hom. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
μηδέ
negative particle, related to οὐδέ as μή to οὐ,
__1. as conic., continuing a negation or prohibition, but not, and not, nor: preceded by μή, Mat.6:25 22:29, Mrk.12:24, Luk.14:12, al.; ἵνα μή, Jhn.4:15; ὅπως μή, Luk.16:26; μηδέ . . . μηδέ, neither . . . nor, Mat.10:10, 1Co.10:8-9.
__2. As adv., strengthening a negation, not even: Mrk.2:2, 1Co.5:11, al
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