STRONGS G3777:
οὔτε (
οὐ and
τέ), an adjunctive negative conjunction (from
Homer down) (differing fr.,
μήτε as
οὐ does from
μή (which see ad at the beginning), and from
οὐδέ as
μήτε does from
μηδέ; see
μήτε and
οὐδέ),
neither; and not.
1. Examples in which
οὔτε stands singly:
a. οὐ...
οὔτε,
Revelation 12:8 Rec. (where
G L T Tr WH οὐδέ);
Revelation 20:4 R G (where
L T Tr WH οὐδέ);
οὐδείς ἄξιος εὑρέθη ἀνοῖξαι τό βιβλίον οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό,
Revelation 5:4; cf.
Winers Grammar, 491 (457);
Buttmann, 367 (315);
οὐ...
οὐδέ...
οὔτε,
1 Thessalonians 2:3 R G (where
L T Tr WH more correctly
οὐδέ) (
Winers Grammar, 493 (459);
Buttmann, 368 (315));
οὐδέ...
οὔτε (so that
οὔτε answers only to the
οὐ in
οὐδέ),
Galatians 1:12 R G T WH text (
Winers Grammar, 492 (458);
Buttmann, 366 (314)).
b. οὔτε...
καί, like Latin
neque...
et,
neither... and:
John 4:11;
3 John 1:10 (
Euripides, Iph. T. 591; but the more common Greek usage was
οὐ...
τέ, cf.
Klotz ad Devar. 2:2, p. 714;
Passow, under the word, B. 2; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 4);
Winers Grammar, § 55, 7; (
Buttmann, § 149, 13 c.)).
c. By a solecism
οὔτε is put for
οὐδέ,
not... even:
1 Corinthians 3:2 Rec. (where
G L T Tr WH οὐδέ) (
Winers Grammar, 493 (459);
Buttmann, 367 (315); § 149, 13 f.);
Mark 5:3 R G (where
L T Tr WH have restored
οὐδέ (
Winers Grammar, 490 (456);
Buttmann, as above));
Luke 12:26 R G (where
L T Tr WH οὐδέ (
Winers Grammar, as above and 478 (445);
Buttmann, 347 (298)));
οὔτε μετενόησαν,
Revelation 9:20 R L Tr (where
G WH text
οὐ,
T οὐδέ not... even;
WH marginal reading
οὔτε or
οὐδέ (cf.
Buttmann, 367 (315))); after the question
μή δύναται...
σῦκα; follows
οὔτε ἁλυκόν γλυκύ ποιῆσαι ὕδωρ,
James 3:12 G L T Tr WH (as though
οὔτε δύναται...
σῦκα had previously been in the writer's mind (cf.
Winers Grammar, 493 (459);
Buttmann, as above)).
2. used twice or more,
neither... nor (Latin
nec...
nec;
neque...
neque):
Matthew 6:20;
Matthew 22:30;
Mark 12:25; (
Mark 14:68 L text
T Tr WH);
Luke 14:35 (34);
John 4:21;
John 5:37;
John 8:19;
John 9:3;
Acts 15:10;
Acts 19:37;
Acts 25:8;
Acts 28:21;
Romans 8:38f (where
οὔτε occurs ten times);
1 Corinthians 3:7;
1 Corinthians 6:9f; (
οὔτε eight times (yet
T WH Tr marginal reading the eighth time
οὐ));
1 Corinthians 11:11;
Galatians 5:6;
Galatians 6:15;
1 Thessalonians 2:6;
Revelation 3:15;
Revelation 9:20;
Revelation 21:4;
οὔτε...
οὔτε...
οὐδέ (German
auchnicht,
also not),
L Tr WH in
Luke 20:35f, and
L T Tr marginal reading
WH in
Acts 24:12f; cf.
Winers Grammar, 491 (457f);
Buttmann, 368 (315) note.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Matthew
-
6:20; 22:30
- Mark
-
5:3; 12:25; 14:68
- Luke
-
12:26; 14:35; 20:35
- John
-
4:11; 4:21; 5:37; 8:19; 9:3
- Acts
-
15:10; 19:37; 24:12; 25:8; 28:21
- Romans
-
8:38
- 1 Corinthians
-
3:2; 3:7; 6:9; 11:11
- Galatians
-
1:12; 5:6; 6:15
- 1 Thessalonians
-
2:3; 2:6
- James
-
3:12
- 3 John
-
1:10
- Revelation
-
3:15; 5:4; 9:20; 9:20; 12:8; 20:4; 21:4