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Strong's G3383 μήτε (mete)

Mete means “neither” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3383 — yarden (“Jordan”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3383
Language Greek
Linked Usages 29
Books 18

Strong's G3383 Quick Answer

Strong's G3383 μήτε (mete) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mete (may'-teh) conj. 1. not too 2. (in continued negation) neither or nor It has 29 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include neither and much. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
mete (may'-teh) conj. 1. not too 2. (in continued negation) neither or nor
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
neither and much

Meaning and Definition

mete (may'-teh) conj. 1. not too 2. (in continued negation) neither or nor 3. also, not even [from G3361 and G5037] KJV: neither, (n-)or, so as much Root(s): G3361, G5037

Original Word
μήτε
Transliteration
mete
Derivation
Root: τέ R1: 3361 R2: 5037
Morphology
conjunction

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3383. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

neither

Usage: μή-τε negative particle, differing from οὔτε as μή from οὐ, neither, nor: μήτε . . . μήτε, neither . . . nor, Mat.11:18, Luk.7:33 9:3, Act.23:12, 21 27:20, Heb.7:3; μὴ (μηδὲ) . . . μήτε . . . μήτε, Mat.5:34, 36, Mrk.3:20 T, Act.23:8, 2Th.2:2, 1Ti.1:7, Jas.5:12, Rev.7:1, 3.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3383 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mete, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

neither Matthew 5:34 16× much Mark 3:20

How Strong's G3383 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 18 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3383 (μήτε) appears 18 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3383 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3383 in the New Testament

18 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:34 KJV

But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

Matthew 5:35 KJV

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

Matthew 5:36 KJV

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Strong's G3383 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

3 Kingdoms 3:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And the woman whose the living child was, answered and spoke to the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it.

Hosea 4:4 Septuagint / Brenton

that neither anyone may plead, nor anyone reprove another: but my people are as a priest spoken against.

Strong's G3383 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 12:36 Septuagint / Brenton

and making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.

2 Maccabees 10:13 Septuagint / Brenton

Whereupon being accused of the king’s friends before Eupator, and called traitor at every word, because he had left Cyprus, that Philometor had committed unto him, and departed to Antiochus Epiphanes, and seeing that he was in no honorable place, he was so discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died.

3 Maccabees 3:7 Septuagint / Brenton

who said much of the exclusiveness of the Jews with regard to their worship and meats; they alleged that they were men unsociable, hostile to the king’s interests, refusing to associate with him or his troops. By this way of speaking, they brought much odium upon them.

Strong's G3383 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 104:11 Septuagint / Brenton

their words. But when they write down truthfully all my words in their languages, and do not change or minish ought from my words but write them all down truthfully -all that I first testified

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3383.

3 Kingdoms 3:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman whose the living child was, answered and spoke to the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it.
Hosea 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that neither anyone may plead, nor anyone reprove another: but my people are as a priest spoken against.
Matthew 5:34 New Testament, KJV
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Matthew 5:35 New Testament, KJV
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Matthew 5:36 New Testament, KJV
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Matthew 11:18 New Testament, KJV
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Mark 3:20 New Testament, KJV
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Luke 7:33 New Testament, KJV
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Luke 9:3 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
Acts 23:8 New Testament, KJV
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Acts 23:12 New Testament, KJV
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 23:21 New Testament, KJV
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
Acts 27:20 New Testament, KJV
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
2 Thessalonians 2:2 New Testament, KJV
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
1 Timothy 1:7 New Testament, KJV
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
Hebrews 7:3 New Testament, KJV
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
James 5:12 New Testament, KJV
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Revelation 7:1 New Testament, KJV
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Revelation 7:3 New Testament, KJV
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
1 Maccabees 12:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.
2 Maccabees 10:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereupon being accused of the king’s friends before Eupator, and called traitor at every word, because he had left Cyprus, that Philometor had committed unto him, and departed to Antiochus Epiphanes, and seeing that he was in no honorable place, he was so discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died.
3 Maccabees 3:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
who said much of the exclusiveness of the Jews with regard to their worship and meats; they alleged that they were men unsociable, hostile to the king’s interests, refusing to associate with him or his troops. By this way of speaking, they brought much odium upon them.
3 Maccabees 7:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And we have dismissed them to their several homes; bidding all men everywhere to do them no wrong, or unrighteously revile them about the past.
4 Maccabees 2:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And should a man be parsimonious, he is ruled by the law acting through reasoning; so that he does not glean his harvest crops, nor vintage: and in reference to other points we may perceive that it is reasoning that conquers his passions.
4 Maccabees 2:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It alloweth not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy, but preserveth it from the destroyers, and collecteth their fallen ruins.
4 Maccabees 11:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For is not your inability to overrule our reasoning, and to compel us to eat the unclean, thy destruction?
Letter of Jeremiah 1:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They are borne upon shoulders, having no feet, whereby they declare unto men that they be nothing worth.
1 Enoch 104:11 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
their words. But when they write down truthfully all my words in their languages, and do not change or minish ought from my words but write them all down truthfully -all that I first testified

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3383, grouped by book.

3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 4 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 4 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3383 FAQ

What does mete (μήτε) mean?

Mete (Strong's G3383) is a Greek word most simply glossed "neither". mete (may'-teh) conj. 1. not too 2. (in continued negation) neither or nor

How many times is mete (μήτε) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G3383 across 18 books.

Where can I study mete (μήτε) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3383 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate mete (μήτε)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as neither and much. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3383 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3383, with linked reader references where each row is available.