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G3383 μήτε (mḗte)
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Quick Definition

μήτε Neg.cj. nor, neither, not even

Strong's Definition

from 3361 and 5037; not too, i.e. (in continued negation) neither or nor; also, not even

KJV Usage: neither, (n-)or, so as much

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

conj. | μή + τέ

69.9 · Affirmation, Negation · Negation Combined with Clitics

neither ... nor a marker of coordinate negativized expressions (combination of the negative particle μή[a] ‘not,’ 69.3, and the postpositive conjunction τέ[a] ‘and,’ 89.95)

MAT 5:34 · MAT 5:35 · MAT 5:35 · MAT 5:36 · MAT 11:18 · MAT 11:18 · LUK 7:33 · LUK 9:3 · LUK 9:3 · LUK 9:3 · LUK 9:3 · LUK 9:3 · ACT 23:8 · ACT 23:8 · ACT 23:12 · ACT 23:12 · ACT 23:21 · ACT 23:21 · ACT 27:20 · ACT 27:20 · 2TH 2:2 · 2TH 2:2 · 2TH 2:2 · 1TI 1:7 · 1TI 1:7 · HEB 7:3 · HEB 7:3 · JAS 5:12 · JAS 5:12 · JAS 5:12 · REV 7:1 · REV 7:1 · REV 7:3 · REV 7:3

1 In some instances οὔτε or μήτε may serve as the first element in a negativized series.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μήτε, (μή and the enclitic τέ), [fr. Hom. down], a copulative conjunction of negation, neither, nor, (differing fr. οὔτε as μή does fr. ov. It differs fr. μηδέ in that μηδέ separates different things, but μήτε those which are of the same kind or which are parts of one whole; cf. W. § 55, 6; [Β. 8 149,13 b.]): pyre... μήτε, neither... nor, Lk. vii. 33 [T py... μηδέ]; ix. 3 (five times); Acts xxiii 12, 21; xxvii. 20; Heb. vii. 3 ; (but in Eph. iv. 27 for μὴ .-- μήτε we must with L T Tr WH substitute py... μηδέ). py... pyre... μήτε, Mt. v. 34-36 (four times); 1 Tim.i. 7; Jas. v.12; Rev. vii.3; ἵνα py... pyre... μήτε, Rev. vii. 1; pydé..- pyre... μήτε, 2 ΤῊ. ἢ. 2 LT Tr WH; μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν, μηδὲ ἄγγελον (for that is something other than ἀνάστασις). μήτε πνεῦμα (because angels belong to the genus πνεύματα), Acts xxiii. 8 RG; ef. W. 493 (459) ; [B. 367 (314) sq.].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μήτε mēte 34x

neither; μήτε ... μήτε, or μὴ ... μήτε, or μηδὲ ... μητέ, neither ... nor, Mt. 5:34, 35, 36; Acts 23:8; 2 Thess. 2:2; in NT also equivalent to μηδέ, not even, not so much as, Mk. 3:20

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μή-τε, negative particle, differing from οὔτε as μή from οὐ, neither, nor: μήτε . . . μήτε, neither . . . nor, Mt 11:18, Lk 7:33 9:3, Ac 23:12, 21 27:20, He 7:3; μὴ (μηδὲ) . . . μήτε . . . μήτε, Mt 5:34-36, Mk 3:20 T, Ac 23:8, II Th 2:2, I Ti 1:7, Ja 5:12, Re 7:1, 3.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μήτε (mēte) — neither. μήτε, and not, mostly doubled, μήτε.. μήτε.. neither.. nor.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μήτε.., μήτ᾽ οὖν.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μήτε.., μηδέ, see at {μηδέ}; μήτε..,{τε}.. both not.., and.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also μήτε.., δέ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μή.., μήτε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. μήτε is perhaps sometimes omitted in the former of two clauses, ἑκόντα μήτ᾽ ἄκοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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