conjunction
oude
Strong’sG3761
neither, nor, not even
stem oude-143 times in the New Testamentin 18 of 27 books
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
οὐδέ is a negative connecting word with two related uses.
As a conjunction it means and not, neither, or nor, linking a statement to something already denied, so that the negation carries forward 1234. It is often used after an earlier negative, in the pattern "not... nor" 13.
As an adverb it means not even, stressing that not even the particular thing mentioned is true, and can be strengthened to "not even one" 134.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
οὐδέ, negative particle, related to μηδέ as οὐ to μή.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3761 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoo-deh'
not however, i.e. neither, nor, not even
King Jamesneither (indeed), never, no (more, nor, not), nor (yet), (also, even, then) not (even, so much as), + nothing, so much as.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
negative Particle, related to μηδέ as οὐ to μή, partly conjunction, partly adverb:
A CONJUNCTION, but not, mostly answering to μέν (sometimes written divisim), Refs 8th c.BC+, but not, is followed by οὐδέ, nor, ἄλλοις μὲν πᾶσιν ἑήνδανεν, οὐδέ ποθ᾽ Ἥρῃ, οὐδὲ Ποσειδάων᾽, οὐδὲ γλαυκώπιδι κούρῃ Refs
A.II more frequently and not, nor: sometimes without a negative preceding, Κίρκη δ᾽ ὡς ἐνόησεν ἔμ᾽ ἥμενον, οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ σίτῳ χεῖρας ἰάλλοντα Refs 8th c.BC+; δεινὸν γάρ, οὐδὲ ῥητόν Refs 5th c.BC+: after a negative compound, ὃν ἠτίμησ᾽ Ἀγαμέμνων, οὐδ᾽ ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα Refs 8th c.BC+
A.II.2 with a negative preceding, nor, βρώμης δ᾽ οὐχ ἅπτεαι οὐ. ποτῆτος Refs 8th c.BC+, = and not, as in Refs 8th c.BC+; οὐδέ, = nor may be repeated any number of times, e.g. three times in Refs 5th c.BC+ —Sts. the _negative_ follows the whole word-group instead of preceding it, σιδήρῳ δὲ οὐδ᾽ ἀργύρῳ χρέωνται οὐδέν but iron or silver use they not at all, Refs 5th c.BC+ never means neither.. nor (like οὔτε.. οὔτε); where this combination occurs, the first οὐδέ is used without reference to the second, e.g. καὶ μὴν οὐδ᾽ ἡ ἐπιτείχισις οὐδὲ τὸ ναυτικὸν ἄξιον φοβηθῆναι and moreover we have no reason to fear their fortifications, nor yet their navy, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.III οὐδέ may also follow οὔτε, by an anacoluthon, as in τε.., δέ.. (see. οὔτε Refs; but οὔτε cannot follow οὐδέ.Refs 4th c.BC+
B adverb, not even, in Refs 8th c.BC+ not even a little, no not a bit, not at all, Refs 8th c.BC+; so also ἐπεὶ οὔ οἱ ἔνι φρένες οὐδ᾽ ἠβαιαί he has no sense, no not even a little,Refs 8th c.BC+ he did not even exchange words with him, Refs 5th c.BC+: in the same sense, οὐ. γ᾽ Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect οὐ. μέν Refs 8th c.BC+ —This οὐδέ frequently follows καί, and not even, καὶ οὐδ᾽ αὐτοὶ αὖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ.. Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἀλλ᾽ οὐδέ, most frequently in phrase ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὧς.. Refs 8th c.BC+
B.II also not, not.. either, nor yet.., ὁ δίκαιος τοῦ δικαίου δοκεῖ τί σοι ἂν ἐθέλειν πλέον ἔχειν; Answ. οὐδαμῶς..; Qu. τί δ; τῆς δικαίας πράξεως; Answ. οὐ. τῆς δικαίας Refs 5th c.BC+
C Repetition of οὐδέ and combination with οὐ:
C.I in Relat. as well as antecedent clause, ὥσπερ οὐδ᾽ ηὔχετο, οὐδ᾽ ᾤετο Refs 5th c.BC+
C.II οὐ γὰρ οὐδέ, as ἀλλ᾽ οὐ γὰρ οὐ. νουθετεῖν ἔξεστί σε Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ. γὰρ οὐ. Refs 8th c.BC+; οὐ. μὲν οὐ. Refs 8th c.BC+; compare οὐ with
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
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143 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
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Matthew 5:15“nor”oude kaialō luchnon kai tithalō auton hupo …… do people light a lamp and put it under a basket …
Matthew 6:20… afanizatō, kai hopou kleptois ouk diorussalō oude kleptalō;… where thieves do not break in and steal.
Matthew 6:26“nor”… peteineim tou ouranou hoti ouk speralō oude therizalō oude sunagalō eis apothēkain, kai …… at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly …
Matthew 6:26“nor”… ouranou hoti ouk speralō oude therizalō oude sunagalō eis apothēkain, kai tos patros …… of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them …
Matthew 6:28“nor”… tou agrou pōs auxanalō; ouk kopialō oude nēthalō;… clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
Matthew 7:18“nor”… dunotō dendrem agathem karpoin ponēroin poiarō, oude dendrem saprem karpoin kaloin poiarō.A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Matthew 9:17oude balalō oinon neon eis askoin palaioin; …Neither do men pour new wine into …
Matthew 10:24Ouk atō mathētos huper ton didaskalon oude doulos huper ton kurion autou.… disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
Matthew 11:27… ton huion ei mē tos patros, oude ton patron tinos epignōskatō ei mē …… knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the …
Matthew 12:4“or”… hem ouk exestinarōntem ate auto esthiara oude toi meta autou, ei mē toi …… consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only …
Matthew 12:19ouk erizati oude kraugazati, oude akouati tinos en tai …He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear …
Matthew 12:19“nor”ouk erizati oude kraugazati, oude akouati tinos en tai platuai tan …He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.
Matthew 13:13“nor”… ouk blepalō kai akouarōntois ouk akoualō oude suniēkalō;… they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
Matthew 16:9oupō noavō, oude mnēmoneuavō toin pente artoin toiu pentakischilioi …… you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the …
Matthew 16:10oude toin hepta artoin toiu tetrakischilioi kai …Or the seven loaves for the four …
Matthew 22:46“nor”kai oudenos dunote apokrinira auto logon, oude tolmata tinos apo ekeinau tau hēmerau …No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no …
Matthew 23:13… toiu anthrōpoiu; vis gar ouk eiserchovō, oude toin eiserchorōntoin afiēkavō eiserchara.… faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who …
Matthew 24:21“no”… apo archau kosmou heōs tou nun oude ouk mē geneteia.… tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
Matthew 24:36… oidatē, oude tois angelois toiu ouranoiu oude tos huios, ei mē tos patros …… not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Matthew 25:13“nor”… oun, hoti ouk oidavē tan hēmeran oude tan hōran.Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
Mark 4:22“nor”… atō kruptem ean mē hina faneriteia, oude geneta apokrufem alla hina erchateia eis …For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.
Mark 8:17… hoti artoin ouk echavō? oupō noavō oude suniēkavō? pōrorēntan echavō tan kardian vu?… bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard …
Mark 13:32… oidatē, oude tois angelois en ourano oude tos huios, ei mē tos patros.… not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Mark 16:13kakeinois apercharantois apangelala toi loipoi; oude ekeinoi pisteuala.… to the rest, but they did not believe them either.
Luke 6:43… atō dendrem kalem poiarōntem karpon sapron, oude palin dendrem saprem poiarōntem karpon kalon.No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good …
Luke 6:44… ouk gar ek akanthaiu sullegalō sukeim, oude ek batau stafulan trugalō.… figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
Luke 8:17“nor”… atō kruptem hem ouk fanerem geneti, oude apokrufem hem ouk mē gnōskiteia kai …For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to …
Luke 11:33Oudenos luchnon haptarantos eis kruptan tithatō oude hupo ton modion alla epi tan …… and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets …
Luke 12:24“nor”katanoavar toin korakoin hoti ouk speralō oude therizalō, hoi ouk atō tameiem oude …Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse …
Luke 12:24“nor”… oude therizalō, hoi ouk atō tameiem oude apothēkas, kai tos theos trefatō autoin; …… sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much …
Luke 12:27“nor”… teim krineim pōs auxanatō; ouk kopiatō oude nēthatō; legamō de vi, oude Solomōnos …Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all …
Luke 12:33… toi ouranoi, hopou kleptos ouk engizatō oude sētos diaftheratō;… heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Luke 17:21oude legali; Idou hōde ē; Ekei; idou …Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it …
Luke 18:4… Ei kai ton theon ouk fobomō oude anthrōpon entrapomō,… himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
John 1:13hois ouk ek haimeiu oude ek thelēmeu sarkau oude ek thelēmeu …children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of …
John 1:13“nor”… ek haimeiu oude ek thelēmeu sarkau oude ek thelēmeu androu alla ek theou …… born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
John 1:25… ei sis ouk asō tos christos oude Ēliaos oude tos profētos?… if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
John 1:25… ouk asō tos christos oude Ēliaos oude tos profētos?… are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
John 6:24… ochlos hoti Iēsus ouk atō ekei oude tois mathētois autou, embainala autois eis …… the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got …
John 11:50“nor”oude logizovō hoti sumferatō vi hina henos …… not realize that it is better for you that one man die …
John 13:16… atō doulos megoteros tou kuriou autou oude apostolos megoteros tou pemparantou auton.… servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the …
John 14:17… dunotō labara, hoti ouk theōratō autem oude gnōskatō; vis gnōskavō autem, hoti para …… Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know …
John 16:3… poiali hoti ouk gnōskala ton patron oude min.… they have not known the Father or Me.
Acts 2:27… enkatalipasi tan psuchan mu eis hadon, oude dōasi ton hosion su horara diafthoran.… not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One …
Acts 7:5… ouk dōata auto klēronomian en auta oude bēmem podou, kai epangeleta dōara auto …He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God …
Acts 8:21ouk atō si meridas oude klēros en to logo houto, tas …You have no part or share in our ministry, because your …
Acts 9:9“nor”… treis mē bleparōntos, kai ouk esthiata oude pinata.For three days he was without sight, and he did …
Acts 16:21… etheim heim ouk exestinatō ni paradechorō oude poiarō Rōmaioi arōntoi.… unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”
Acts 17:25oude hupo cheiraiu anthrōpinaiu therapeuotō prosdorōntos tineu, …Nor is He served by human hands …
Acts 24:13oude parastēara dunolō si peri heiu nuni …Nor can they prove to you any …
Matthew 6:15ean de mē afiēkaveia toi anthrōpoi, oude tos patros vu afiēkati teim paraptōmeim …… do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
Matthew 6:29legamō de vi hoti oude Solomōnos en panta ta doxa autou …Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was …
Matthew 21:32… pornais pisteuala auto; vis de horarantois oude metameliva husterem teu pisteuara auto.… after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Matthew 24:36… hēmerau ekeinau kai hōrau oudenos oidatē, oude tois angelois toiu ouranoiu oude tos …… knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the …
Matthew 25:45… ouk poiava heno houtoiu toiu elachistoiu, oude mi poiava.… the least of these, you did not do for Me.’
Matthew 27:14kai ouk apokrinita auto pros oude henem rēmem, hōste thaumazarō ton hēgemonon …But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to …
Mark 5:3“not even”… katoikēsian echate en tei mnēmei, kai oude halusia ouketi oudenos dunote auton daraThis man had been living in the tombs and could no longer …
Mark 6:31… erchorōntois kai tois hupagarōntois pollois, kai oude esthiara eukairale.… coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
Mark 12:10“not”oude tan grafan houtan anagnōskava; Lithon hon …… you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders …
Mark 13:32… ekeinau ē tau hōrau oudenos oidatē, oude tois angelois en ourano oude tos …… knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the …
Mark 14:59“not”kai oude houtōs isas ate tas marturias autoiu.But even their testimony was inconsistent.
Luke 7:7“not even”dio oude miauton axiama pros sin erchara; alla …… did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say …
Luke 7:9… akoloutharōnto auto ochlo legata; Legamō vi, oude en to Israēl tosoutan pistian heuriskama.… Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such …
Luke 12:26“not”ei oun oude elachistem dunovō, tinem peri teiu loipeiu …So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
Luke 12:27… kopiatō oude nēthatō; legamō de vi, oude Solomōnos en panta ta doxa autou …… or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was …
Luke 16:31“neither”… Mōusou kai toiu profētoiu ouk akoualō, oude ean tinos ek nekroiu anastēateia peithili.… they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Luke 18:13… de telōnos makrothen stēarēntos ouk thelate oude toin ofthalmoin eparara eis ton ouranon, …… collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to …
Luke 20:36oude gar apothnēskara ēti dunolō, isangelois gar …In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like …
Luke 23:15alla oude Hērōdos, anapempata gar auton pros nin; …Neither has Herod, for he sent Him …
John 1:3“not”… autou geneta, kai chōris autou geneta oude henem. hem genatēThrough Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been …
John 5:22“not”oude gar tos patros krinatō oudenon, alla …Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned …
John 7:5“not even”oude gar tois adelfois autou pisteuale eis …For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
John 8:42… ek tou theou exerchama kai hēkamō; oude gar apo miautou erchamē, alla ekeinos …… come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He …
John 15:4… mē menateiō en ta ampela, houtōs oude vis ean mē en mi menaveiō.… unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you …
John 21:25… Iēsus, hotineim ean grafoteiō kata henem, oude auton oiomō ton kosmon chōrari teim …… were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have …
Acts 4:12… atō en alloso oudeno tas sōtērēas, oude gar onomem atō heterem hupo ton …Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no …
Acts 4:32… ate kardias kai psuchas henas, kai oude henos tinem teiu huparcharōnteiu auto legate …… was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his …
Acts 4:34“not”oude gar endeos tinos ate en autoi; …… were no needy ones among them, because those …
Acts 19:2… pisteuarantois? tois de pros auton; Alla oude ei pneumem hagiem atō akouana.… believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy …
Romans 3:10kathōs grafotē hoti Ouk atō dikaios oude henos,… written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
Romans 4:15… katergazotō, hou de ouk atō nomos, oude parabasias.… there is no law, there is no transgression.
Romans 8:7… gar nomo tou theou ouk hupotassotō, oude gar dunotō;… does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Romans 11:21… toiu kata fusian kladoiu ouk feideta, oude su feideti.For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
1 Corinthians 3:2… ouk brōmem, oupō gar dunove. alla oude ēti nun dunovō,… food. In fact, you are still not ready,
1 Corinthians 4:3… anakrinimeia ē hupo anthrōpinau hēmerau; alla oude miauton anakrinamō;… human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.
1 Corinthians 5:1… vi porneias, kai toioutas porneias hotinas oude en tei ethnei, hōste gunaikan tinon …… of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his …
1 Corinthians 11:14“not”oude tas fusias autas didaskatō vin hoti …Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a …
1 Corinthians 14:21… heteroiu lalami to lao houto, kai oude houtōs eisakoueli mu, legatō kurios.… will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 15:13ei de anastasias nekroiu ouk atō, oude Christos egerotē;… no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
1 Corinthians 15:16ei gar nekrois ouk egerolō, oude Christos egerotē;… the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
Galatians 1:12oude gar mis para anthrōpou paralabama autem, …I did not receive it from any man, nor …
Galatians 2:3alla oude Titos tos sun mi, Hellēnos arōntos, …Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was …
Galatians 2:5hoi oude pros hōran eikana ta hupotaga, hina …We did not give in to them for a …
John 3:27“even”… kai legata; Ouk dunotō anthrōpos labarō oude henem ean mē ateiō dōorēntem auto …… replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
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Matthew 21:27… Ouk oidanē. fēate autoi kai autos; Oude mis legamō vi en poia exousia …… do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what …
Mark 11:33… oidanē. kai tos Iēsus legatō autoi; Oude mis legamō vi en poia exousia …… do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what …
Luke 6:3… apokrinirantos pros autoin legata tos Iēsus; Oude houtem anagnōskava hem poiata David hopote …Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he …
Luke 20:8kai tos Iēsus legata autoi; Oude mis legamō vi en poia exousia …And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what …
Luke 23:40… de tos heteros epitimarōntos auto fēate; Oude fobosō sis ton theon, hoti en …… one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under …
John 8:11… Oudenos, kurior. legata de tos Iēsus, Oude mis sin krinamō poreuosōr, kai mēketi …“No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared …