conjunction
oute
Strong’sG3777
and not, neither, nor
stem oute-87 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 booksnever changes form
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
neither... nor / and not — a negative connecting particle used to link two or more negated clauses, phrases, or words 1234. It appears most often doubled, as "neither... nor," setting two things side by side as both denied 13. It can also stand singly, joining a negative clause to what precedes it in the sense "and not," including after a preceding negative such as "no one" or "not," or after a question introduced by a negative 1. By extension it can also carry the sense "not even" 2.
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
οὔτε,
negative particle, related to μήτε 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 G3777 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb, (οὐ, τε) joining negative clauses, as τε joins positive, but rare in the simple sense and not, Refs 8th c.BC+; οὔτε γὰρ ἐκείνους διδόναι, Latin neque enim, Refs; and occasionally in later writers, Refs 4th c.BC+
II mostly repeated, οὔτε.., οὔτε.. neither.., nor.., Latin neque.., neque.., Refs 8th c.BC+, as οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτε..; οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτ᾽ ἂρ..; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ τε.., οὔτ᾽ ἄρα.. Refs 8th c.BC+; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ.., οὔτε τι.., or οὔτε τι.., οὔτε..,Refs 8th c.BC+; so too οὔτε.., οὔτε μὴν.. Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 frequently used to divide up a general negation into two or more parts, ὡς δ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν, οὔτ᾽ ἂρ ὁ τὸν δύναται ὑποφεύγειν οὔθ᾽ ὁ διώκειν Refs 8th c.BC+: without a negative preceding, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.3 within one of the two clauses distinguished by οὔτε a subordinate part may be introduced by οὐδέ, οὔτε γὰρ ἐκ σκίλλης ῥόδα φύεται οὐδ᾽ ὑάκινθος (οὐθ᾽ codices), οὐ δέ ποτ᾽ ἐκ δούλης τέκνον ἐλευθέριον Refs 6th c.BC+ nor yet incantations, Refs 5th c.BC+ after clauses with μήτε, μήτε παιδεία μήτε δικαστήρια μήτε νόμοι μηδὲ ἀνάγκη μηδεμία Refs; so οὐδέ (μηδέ) may sometimes follow a single οὔτε (μήτε), οὐδέ ποτέ σφιν οὔτε τι πημανθῆναι ἔπι δέος, οὐδ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι neither to suffer misery, nor yet to die, see reading in Refs 8th c.BC+; but this cannot be done in some cases, as οὔτ᾽ ἂν ὑπό γε ἑνὸς.. πάθοι, ἴσως δ᾽ οὐδὲ ὑπὸ πλεόνων Refs 8th c.BC+; by οὐδὲ μήν, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐδ᾽ αὖ, see above—But οὔτε (μήτε) cannot be used simply answering to οὐδέ (μηδέ), see at {μηδέ} Refs 4th c.BC+
II.4 οὔτε may be followed by a Posit. clause with τε, οὔτ᾽ αὐτὸς κτενέει, ἀπό τ᾽ ἄλλους πάντας ἐρύξει he both will not kill and will defend, Refs 8th c.BC+: sometimes the negative is added after the τε, οὔτ᾽ ὦν.. καρπὸν ἔδωκαν ἄρουραι, δένδρεά τ᾽ οὐκ ἐθέλει.. φέρειν Refs 5th c.BC+.. is uncertain in Refs 5th c.BC+, but is found in later writers, as Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.5 οὔτε is frequently, by anacoluthon, followed not by a second οὔτε, but by some other Particle, as by οὐδέ, see above 3; by δέ alone, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.5.b in Poets, οὐ sometimes follows without any conjunctive Particle, οὐκ ἦν ἀλέξημ᾽ οὐδὲν οὔτε βρώσιμον, οὐ χριστόν, οὔτε πιστόν Refs 4th c.BC+; οὔτε πλινθυφεῖς δόμους.. ᾖσαν, οὐ ξυλουργίανRefs 5th c.BC+: so also in the Prose of Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5.c in Poets also οὔτε is sometimes replaced by οὐ, οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ᾽ ἂρ χειμὼν πολὺς οὔτε ποτ᾽ ὄμβρος Refs 8th c.BC+
II.5.d the former οὔτε is sometimes omitted, ναυσὶ δ᾽ οὔτε πεζὸς ἰών Refs 5th c.BC+; νόσοι δ᾽ οὔτε γῆραςRefs 4th c.BC+
II.6 when οὔτε and μήτε correspond, each retains its proper sense, ἀναιδὴς οὔτ᾽ εἰμὶ μήτε γενοίμην neither am I shameless, nor may I become so, Refs 4th c.BC+
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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Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
87 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 6:20“neither”… de vi thēsauroin en ourano, hopou oute sētos oute brōsias afanizatō, kai hopou …But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do …
Matthew 6:20“nor”… thēsauroin en ourano, hopou oute sētos oute brōsias afanizatō, kai hopou kleptois ouk …… for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in …
Matthew 12:32… pneumeu teu hagieu, ouk afiēkiti auto oute en houto to aiōno oute en …… Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the …
Matthew 12:32… auto oute en houto to aiōno oute en to mellarōnto.… be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.
Matthew 22:30en gar ta anastasia oute gamalō oute gamizolō, alla hōs angelois …In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage …
Matthew 22:30en gar ta anastasia oute gamalō oute gamizolō, alla hōs angelois theou en …… the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they …
Mark 12:25hotan gar ek nekroiu anastēaleia, oute gamalō oute gamizolō, alla alō hōs …When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage …
Mark 12:25… gar ek nekroiu anastēaleia, oute gamalō oute gamizolō, alla alō hōs angelois en …… dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they …
Mark 14:68tos de arneta legarōntos; Oute oidamē oute epistomō sis tinem legasō, kai exerchata …… denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking …
Luke 14:35oute eis gēan oute eis koprian euthetem …It is fit neither for the soil nor for the …
Luke 14:35oute eis gēan oute eis koprian euthetem atō; exō balalō …… is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it …
Luke 20:35… kai tau anastasiau tau ek nekroiu oute gamalō oute gamizolō;… the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
Luke 20:35… anastasiau tau ek nekroiu oute gamalō oute gamizolō;… from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
John 4:11“no”legatō auto tas gunaikas; Kurior, oute antlēmem echasō kai tem freatem atō …“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where …
John 4:21… mi, gunaikar, hoti erchotō hōras hote oute en te ore houte oute en …… when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
John 4:21… hote oute en te ore houte oute en Hierosolumei proskunavi to patro.… the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
John 5:37“neither”… min patros ekeinos marturatē peri mu. oute fōnan autou pōpote akouavē oute eidem …And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
John 5:37… mu. oute fōnan autou pōpote akouavē oute eidem autou horavē,… You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
John 8:19“nor”… su? apokrinita Iēsus; Oute min oidavē oute ton patron mu; ei min oidavelē, …“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would …
John 9:3apokrinita Iēsus; Oute houtos hamartata oute tois gonevois autou, alla hina faneriteia …Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened …
Acts 2:31… peri tau anastasiau tou christou hoti oute enkatalipita eis hadon oute tas sarkas …… of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His …
Acts 2:31… christou hoti oute enkatalipita eis hadon oute tas sarkas autou horata diafthoran.… He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
Acts 15:10… epi ton trachēlon toiu mathētoiu hon oute tois patrois nu oute nis ischuana …… of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been …
Acts 15:10… mathētoiu hon oute tois patrois nu oute nis ischuana bastazara?… disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to …
Acts 19:37agava gar toin androin houtoin oute hierosuloin oute blasfēmarōntoin tan thean nu.… these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our …
Acts 19:37… gar toin androin houtoin oute hierosuloin oute blasfēmarōntoin tan thean nu.… they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
Acts 24:12“neither”kai oute en te hiere heuriskala min pros …… did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling …
Acts 24:12“either”… tinon dialegorōnton ē epistasian poiarōnton ochlou oute en tai sunagōgai oute kata tan …… debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
Acts 24:12… poiarōnton ochlou oute en tai sunagōgai oute kata tan polan,… up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
Acts 25:8“nor”… Oute eis ton nomon toiu Ioudaioiu oute eis tem hierem oute eis Kaisaron …… no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
Acts 25:8“nor”… toiu Ioudaioiu oute eis tem hierem oute eis Kaisaron tinem hamartama.… law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
Acts 28:21“no”tois de pros auton legala; Nis oute grammeim peri su dechena apo tau …… leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor …
Acts 28:21… peri su dechena apo tau Ioudaiau, oute paragenerantos tinos toiu adelfoiu apangelata ē …… any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from …
Romans 8:38peithomē gar hoti oute thanatos oute zōas oute angelois oute …For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor …
Romans 8:38peithomē gar hoti oute thanatos oute zōas oute angelois oute archais oute …… I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither …
Romans 8:38… gar hoti oute thanatos oute zōas oute angelois oute archais oute enstēarēnteim oute …… neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the …
Romans 8:38… oute thanatos oute zōas oute angelois oute archais oute enstēarēnteim oute mellarōnteim oute …… angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
Romans 8:38… oute zōas oute angelois oute archais oute enstēarēnteim oute mellarōnteim oute dunamiais… neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
Romans 8:38“nor”… oute angelois oute archais oute enstēarēnteim oute mellarōnteim oute dunamiais… life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
Romans 8:38“nor”… oute archais oute enstēarēnteim oute mellarōnteim oute dunamiais… neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
Romans 8:39oute hupsōmem oute bathem oute tinas ktisias …neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all …
Romans 8:39oute hupsōmem oute bathem oute tinas ktisias heteras duneti …neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will …
Romans 8:39“nor”oute hupsōmem oute bathem oute tinas ktisias heteras duneti nin chōrizara …neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the …
1 Corinthians 3:7hōste oute tos futeuarōntos atō tinem oute tos …So neither he who plants nor he who …
1 Corinthians 3:7hōste oute tos futeuarōntos atō tinem oute tos potizarōntos, alla tos auxanarōntos theos.So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but …
1 Corinthians 6:9… theou basileian ouk klēronomali? mē planovōr; oute pornois oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois oute …… of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor …
1 Corinthians 6:9… ouk klēronomali? mē planovōr; oute pornois oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois oute malakois oute …… be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who …
1 Corinthians 6:9… mē planovōr; oute pornois oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois oute malakois oute arsenokoitois… Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to …
1 Corinthians 6:9… oute pornois oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois oute malakois oute arsenokoitois… sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform …
1 Corinthians 6:9“nor”… oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois oute malakois oute arsenokoitois… sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who …
1 Corinthians 6:10oute kleptois oute pleonektois, ouk methusois, ouk …nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards …
1 Corinthians 6:10oute kleptois oute pleonektois, ouk methusois, ouk loidorois, ouk …nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal …
1 Corinthians 8:8… de nin ouk parastēati to theo; oute gar ean esthianeia, perisseuanō, oute ean …… us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat …
1 Corinthians 8:8“neither”… theo; oute gar ean esthianeia, perisseuanō, oute ean mē esthianeia, husteronō.… closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
1 Corinthians 11:11plēn oute gunaikas chōris androu oute andros chōris …In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man …
1 Corinthians 11:11plēn oute gunaikas chōris androu oute andros chōris gunaikau en kurio;… woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
Galatians 1:12… gar mis para anthrōpou paralabama autem, oute didaskima, alla dia apokalupsiau Iēsu Christou.… not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I …
Galatians 5:6en gar Christo Iēso oute peritomas tinem ischuatō oute akrobustias, alla …For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value …
Galatians 5:6… Christo Iēso oute peritomas tinem ischuatō oute akrobustias, alla pistias dia agapau energorōntas.For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters …
Galatians 6:15oute gar peritomas tinem atō oute akrobustias, …For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What …
Galatians 6:15oute gar peritomas tinem atō oute akrobustias, alla kainas ktisias.For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is …
1 Thessalonians 2:5“neither”oute gar pote en logo kolakeiau genina, …… never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God …
1 Thessalonians 2:5“nor”… en logo kolakeiau genina, kathōs oidavē, oute en profasia pleonexiau, theos marturos,As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
1 Thessalonians 2:6oute zētarōntois ek anthrōpoiu doxan, oute apo …Nor did we seek praise from you …
1 Thessalonians 2:6“either”oute zētarōntois ek anthrōpoiu doxan, oute apo vu oute apo allosoiu,Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else …
1 Thessalonians 2:6… ek anthrōpoiu doxan, oute apo vu oute apo allosoiu,… did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles …
James 3:12… sukas elaiain poiara ē ampelas sukeim? oute halukem glukuem poiara hudem.… olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh …
3 John 1:10“not”… nin, kai mē arkorōntos epi houtei oute autos epidechotō toin adelfoin kai toin …… slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.
Revelation 3:15Oidamē su teim ergeim, hoti oute psuchros asō oute zestos. ofelon psuchros …I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish …
Revelation 3:15… teim ergeim, hoti oute psuchros asō oute zestos. ofelon psuchros ase ē zestos.… your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were …
Revelation 3:16houtōs, hoti chliaros asō kai oute zestos oute psuchros, mellamō sin emara …So because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about …
Revelation 3:16… hoti chliaros asō kai oute zestos oute psuchros, mellamō sin emara ek teu …… because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about to vomit …
Revelation 5:3… hupokatō tau gēau anoigara tem bibliem oute bleparō autem.… was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
Revelation 5:4… oudenos axios heuriskita anoigara tem bibliem oute bleparō autem;… found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.
Revelation 9:20“neither”… teim lithineim kai teim xulineim, heim oute bleparō dunolō oute akouarō oute peripatarō,… silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
Revelation 9:20“nor”… teim xulineim, heim oute bleparō dunolō oute akouarō oute peripatarō,… stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
Revelation 9:20… heim oute bleparō dunolō oute akouarō oute peripatarō,… wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
Revelation 9:21“or”… ouk metanoala ek toiu fonoiu autoiu oute ek teiu farmakeiu autoiu oute ek …… they did not repent of their murder, sorcery …
Revelation 9:21“or”… autoiu oute ek teiu farmakeiu autoiu oute ek tau porneiau autoiu oute ek …… not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
Revelation 9:21“or”… autoiu oute ek tau porneiau autoiu oute ek teiu klemmeiu autoiu.… repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
Revelation 21:4“nor”… kai tos thanatos ouk eti ēti; oute penthem oute kraugas oute ponos ouk …… their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the …
Revelation 21:4… thanatos ouk eti ēti; oute penthem oute kraugas oute ponos ouk eti ēti. …… be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former …
Revelation 21:4… eti ēti; oute penthem oute kraugas oute ponos ouk eti ēti. teim prōteim …… more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have …
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Mark 14:68“don’t”tos de arneta legarōntos; Oute oidamē oute epistomō sis tinem legasō, …But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said …
John 8:19“neither”… atō tos patros su? apokrinita Iēsus; Oute min oidavē oute ton patron mu; …“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you …
John 9:3apokrinita Iēsus; Oute houtos hamartata oute tois gonevois autou, …Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned …
Acts 25:8“neither”tou Paulou apologorōntou hoti Oute eis ton nomon toiu Ioudaioiu oute …Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against …