μήτε mēte

Greek word for “neither” · Strong’s G3383 · used 34 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

μή-τε; negative particle, differing from οὔτε as μή from οὐ, neither, nor: μήτε...

How it is translated

Glosses given for mēte in context, with how often each is used:

• nor 18
• neither 8
• nor swear 2
• nor swear by 2
• neither swear 1
• neither to be 1
• nor to be 1
• neither swear by 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (3), Acts 23 (3), Revelation 7 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Luke 7 (1), Luke 9 (1), Acts 27 (1), 2 Thessalonians 2 (1), 1 Timothy 1 (1), Hebrews 7 (1)

Forms

• μήτε 34

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mēte more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πίνω pinō “to drink” 4
• ὄμνυμι omnumi “to swear” 3
• ἀναθεματίζω anathematizō “to take an oath” 2
• γῆ gē “earth” 4
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 4
• δένδρον dendron “tree” 2
• δαιμόνιον daimonion “demon” 2
• ἐσθίω esthiō “to eat” 2
• θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 2
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 2
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 2
• εἶναι einai “to exist” 2

Key verses

The verses using mēte that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:34 — But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
• Matthew 11:18 — For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
• Luke 9:3 — And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
• Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed…
• Acts 23:21 — But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither…
• Acts 27:20 — And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:2 — That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
• 1 Timothy 1:7 — Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
• Hebrews 7:3 — Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest…
• James 5:12 — But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay;…
• Revelation 7:1 — And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the…
• Revelation 7:3 — Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.