μηδέ
mēde
nor
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "μηδέ" (mēde) is a conjunction that functions as a negation, translating to "nor" in English. It is used to indicate a second negation, emphasizing the exclusion of something in addition to the first negation. In other words, "μηδέ" reinforces the idea that something is not only not happening, but also cannot happen or is not possible. The word "μηδέ" appears 58 times in the Bible, demonstrating its significance in various contexts. It is often used in conjunction with "μη" (mē), another negation, to create a double negative effect. This construction is used to convey strong emphasis and conviction, as seen in phrases such as "I do not know, nor do I understand" (John 2:25). The word's range of usage extends to various genres, including poetry, wisdom literature, and letters. The significance of "μηδέ" lies in its ability to convey a sense of finality and certainty. By emphasizing the impossibility of something, it adds weight to the speaker's statement, making it more persuasive and convincing. In this way, "μηδέ" plays a crucial role in shaping the tone and meaning of the surrounding text, making it an essential component ofclassName biblical language.
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Occurrences in Scripture
58 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 7:6“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 10:9Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.
Matthew 10:9Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.
Matthew 10:10Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
Matthew 10:10Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
Matthew 10:10Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
Matthew 10:14Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.
Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
Matthew 23:10Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
Mark 6:11Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”
Matthew 24:20Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,
Mark 2:2Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.
Mark 3:20The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Mark 8:26He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
Mark 8:26He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
Mark 12:24Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
Mark 13:11When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:15and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.
Luke 3:14Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”
Luke 12:22He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
Luke 14:12He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Luke 14:12He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Luke 14:12He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Luke 16:26Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’
Luke 17:23They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away or follow after them,
John 4:15The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”
John 14:27Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
Acts 4:18They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Acts 21:21They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children and not to walk after the customs.
Romans 6:13Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 9:11For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
Romans 14:21It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
Romans 14:21It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
1 Corinthians 5:8Therefore let’s keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
1 Corinthians 5:11But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.
1 Corinthians 10:7Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
1 Corinthians 10:8Let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
1 Corinthians 10:9Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
1 Corinthians 10:10Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
2 Corinthians 4:2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Ephesians 4:27and don’t give place to the devil.
Ephesians 5:3But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
Philippians 2:3doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
Colossians 2:21“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”
Colossians 2:21“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”
2 Thessalonians 2:2not to be quickly shaken in your mind, and not be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as if from us, saying that the day of Christ has already come.
2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”
1 Timothy 1:4and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—
1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.