Neither
μήτεStrong’s G3383mēte
Appears in 16 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mēte is the Greek word usually translated “nor” and “neither”. It appears in 16 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “nor” and “neither”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- nor 23
- neither 11
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 4
- Acts 4
- Luke 2
- Revelation 2
- 2 Thessalonians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 1:7In contextDesiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
- Matthew 5:34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
- Matthew 5:35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
- Matthew 5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- Matthew 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
- Luke 7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Greek dictionary
μήτε mēte · neither
μή-τε negative particle, differing from οὔτε as μή from οὐ, neither, nor: μήτε . . . μήτε, neither . . . nor, Mat.11:18, Luk.7:33 9:3, Act.23:12, 21 27:20, Heb.7:3; μὴ (μηδὲ) . . . μήτε . . . μήτε, Mat.5:34, 36, Mrk.3:20 T, Act.23:8, 2Th.2:2, 1Ti.1:7, Jas.5:12, Rev.7:1, 3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “neither” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEITHER, noun
[Compound pronoun, pronominal adjective, or a substitute, and not either, or not other. Not either; not the one nor the other.]
- It refers to individual things or persons; as, which road shall I take? neither take neither road.
- It refers to a sentence; as, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it. Genesis 3:3“Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king; that is, fight not, either with small or great” 1 Kings 22:31
All definitions and other forms of “neither”
NEITHER conjunction
, in the first part of a negative sentence, is followed by nor, in the subsequent part. It is neither the one nor the other. But or would be most proper, for the negative in neither applies to both parts of the sentence. It is often used in the last member of a negative sentence instead of nor, as in the passage above cited. Ye shall not eat it, neither shall ye touch it. Here neither is improperly used for nor, for not in the first clause refers only to that clause, and the second negative refers only to the second clause. Ye shall not eat it, nor shall ye touch it. In the sentences above, neither is considered to be a conjunction or connecting word, though in fact it is a pronoun or representative of a clause of a sentence.
- neither primarily refers to two; not either of two.
- neither sometimes closes a sentence in a peculiar manner, thus, men come not to the knowledge of ideas thought to be innate, till they come to the use of reason; not then neither That is not either when they come to the use of reason, or before.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.