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G3761 οὐδέ (oudé)
Greek
CONJunction, Negative
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Quick Definition

neither, nor, not even

Strong's Definition

not however, i.e. neither, nor, not even

Derivation: from G3756 (οὐ) and G1161 (δέ);

KJV Usage: neither (indeed), never, no (more, nor, not), nor (yet), (also, even, then) not (even, so much as), + nothing, so much as

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

οὐδέ (from Homer down), a neg. disjunctive conjunction, compounded of οὐ and δέ, and therefore properly, equivalent to but not; generally, however, its oppositive force being lost, it serves to continue a negation. (On the elision of ἐ when the next word begins with a vowel (observed by Tdf. in eight instances, neglected in fifty-eight), see Tdf. Proleg., p. 96; cf. WHs Appendix, p. 146; Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 a.; Buttmann, p. 10f) It signifies: 1. and not, continuing a negation, yet differently from οὔτε; for the latter connects parts or members of the same thing, since τέ is adjunctive like the Latinque; but οὐδέ places side by side things that are equal and mutually exclude each other ((?). There appears to be some mistake here in what is said about 'mutual exclusion' (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 55, 6): οὐδέ, like δέ, always makes reference to something preceding; οὔτε to what follows also; the connection of clauses made negative by οὔτε is close and internal, so that they are mutually complementary and combine into a unity, whereas clauses negatived by οὐδέ follow one another much more loosely, often almost by accident as it were; see Winer's Grammar, at the passage cited, and especially the quotations there given from Benfey and Klotz.) It differs from μηδέ as οὐ does from μή (which see ad at the beginning); after οὐ, where each has its own verb: Matthew 5:15 6 :28; Mar_4:22; Luk_6:44; Act_2:27; Act_9:9; Act_17:24; Gal_1:17; Gal_4:14; οὐκ οἶδα οὐδέ ἐπίσταμαι, Mar_14:68 R G L marginal reading (others, οὔτε ... οὔτε) (Cicero, pro Rosc. American 43,non novi neque scio); cf. Winers Grammar, 490 (456) c.; (Buttmann, 367 (315) note); οὐ ... οὐδέ ... οὐδέ, not ... nor ... nor, Mat_6:26; οὐδείς ... οὐδέ ... οὐδέ ... οὐδέ, Rev_5:3 (R G; cf. Buttmann, 367 (315); Winer's Grammar, 491 (457)); οὐ ... οὐδέ; followed by a future ... οὐδέ μή followed by subjunctive aorist ... οὐδέ, Rev_7:16. οὐ ... οὐδέ, the same verb being common to both: Mat_10:24; Mat_25:13; Luk_6:43; Luk_8:17 (cf. Winers Grammar, 300 (281); Buttmann, 355 (305) cf. § 139, 7); Joh_6:24; Joh_13:16; Act_8:21; Act_16:21; Act_24:18; Rom_2:28; Rom_9:16; Gal_1:1; Gal_3:28; 1Th_5:5; 1Ti_2:12; Rev_21:23. preceded by οὔπω, Mar_8:17; by οὐδείς, Mat_9:17; by ἵνα μή, which is followed by οὐδέ ... οὐδέ, where μηδέ ... μηδέ might have been expected (cf. Buttmann, § 148, 8; (Winer's Grammar, 474 (442))) Rev_9:4. οὐδέ γάρ, for neither, Joh_8:42; Rom_8:7. 2. also not (A. V. generally neither): Mat_6:15; Mat_21:27; Mat_25:45; Mar_11:26 (R L); Luk_16:31; Joh_15:4; Rom_4:15; Rom_11:21; 1Co_15:13; 1Co_15:16; Gal_1:12 (οὐδέ γάρ ἐγώ (cf. Buttmann, 367 (315) note; 492 (458))); Heb_8:4, etc.; ἀλλ' οὐδέ, Luk_23:15; ἤ οὐδέ, in a question, or doth not even etc.? 1Co_11:14 Rec.; the simple οὐδέ, num ne quidem (have ye not even etc.) in a question where a negative answer is assumed (see οὐ, 7): Mar_12:10; Luk_6:3; Luk_23:40; and G L T Tr WH in 1Co_11:14. 3. not even (Buttmann, 369 (316)): Mat_6:29; Mat_8:10; Mar_6:31; Luk_7:9; Luk_12:27; Joh_21:25 (Tdf. omits the verse); 1Co_5:1; 1Co_14:21; οὐδέ εἷς (Winers Grammar, 173 (163); Buttmann, § 127, 32), Act_4:32; Rom_3:10; 1Co_6:5 (L T Tr WH οὐδείς); οὐδέ ἕν, Joh_1:3; ἀλλ' οὐδέ, Act_19:2; 1Co_3:2 (Rec. ἀλλ' οὔτε); ; Gal_2:3. in a double negative for the sake of emphasis, οὐκ ... οὐδέ (Buttmann, 369 (316); Winer's Grammar, 500 (465)): Mat_27:14; Luk_18:13; Act_7:5.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

οὐδέ oude 143x negative conj., neither, nor, and not, also not, Mat_5:15 ; Mat_6:15 ; Mat_6:20 ; Mat_6:26 ; Mat_6:28 ; when single, not even Mat_6:29 ; Mat_8:10

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

οὐδέ , negative particle, related to μηδέ as οὐ to μή . I. As conic., and not, also not, neither, nor: Mat_6:15 , Luk_16:31 Rom_4:15 , al. ; οὐ . . . οὐδέ , Mat_5:15 ; Mat_10:24 , Mar_4:22 , Luk_6:43-44 , Joh_6:24 , Act_2:27 , Rom_2:28 , al. ( v. Bl., § 77, 10). II. As adv. , not even: Mat_6:29 , Mar_6:31 , Luk_7:9 , 1Co_5:1 ; οὐδέ εἷς , Act_4:32 , Rom_3:10 LXX ).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

οὐδέ [page 464] οὐδέ is used adverbially = not even, as in Mar_6:31 , 1Co_5:1 , in P Oxy XIV. 1669 .3 (iii/A.D.), τοὺς ἐγδοχεῖς οὐκ ἔπεμψας ὡς ἐνετειλάμην σοι , ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ ἔγραψας εἰ ἀρετάξαντο , you have not sent the middlemen as I bade you, and you have not even written whether they departed (Edd.), ib. 1765 .4 (iii/A.D.) οὐδὲ ἅπαξ ἠξίωσάς μοι γράφειν , not even once have you deigned to write me. For οὐδὲ εἷς , as in Act_4:32 , cf. ib. 1668 .19 (iii/A.D.) καὶ οὐκέτι φόβος οὐδὲ εἶς ἔνει , and there is no longer any fear at all (Edd.), ib , I. 122 .10 (iii/iv A.D.) ἡμεῖ [ς ] δ̣ε̣̣ ἀγρεύειν τῶν θηρίων δυνά [με ]θ̣α οὐδὲ ἕν , and we cannot catch a single animal (Edd.).

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

οὐδέ, negative particle, related to μηδέ as οὐ to μή. __I. As conjc., and not, also not, neither, nor: Mat.6:15, Luk.16:31, Rom.4:15, al.; οὐ . . . οὐδέ, Mat.5:15 10:24, Mrk.4:22, Luk.6:43, 44, Jhn.6:24, Act.2:27, Rom.2:28, al. (see Bl., §77, 10). __II. As adv., not even: Mat.6:29, Mrk.6:31, Luk.7:9, 1Co.5:1; οὐδὲ εἷς, Act.4:32, Rom.3:10" (LXX) . (AS)

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