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Strong's #3383 - μήτε
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- and not, neither ... nor, not so
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μήτε,
1. and not, mostly doubled, μήτε.. μήτε.. neither.. nor.., Hom., etc.; μήτε.., μήτ' οὖν.. A. Ag. 358 (anap.), 472 (lyr.); μηδέ τῳ ἐκφάσθαι, μήτ' ἀνδρῶν μήτε γυναικῶν Od. 13.308; μήτε.., μηδέ, v. μηδέ; μήτε.., τε.. both not.., and.., Il. 13.230, Hdt. 1.63, E. Heracl. 454, Lys. 12.72; also μήτε.., δέ.. S. OC 421, Pl. Lg. 627e; μή.., μήτε.. S. OC 496 codd., E. IA 978 codd.
2. μήτε is perh. sts. omitted in the former of two clauses, ἑκόντα μήτ' ἄκοντα S. Ph. 771 (v. l.), cf. Ant. 267.
μήτε (μή and the enclitic τέ) (from Homer down), a copulative conjunction of negation, neither, nor (differing from οὔτε as μή does from οὐ. It differs from μηδέ; in that μηδέ separates different things, but μήτε those which are of the same kind or which are parts of one whole; cf. Winers Grammar, § 55, 6; (Buttmann, § 149, 13 b.)): μήτε ... μήτε, neither ... nor, Luke 7:33 (T μή ... μηδέ);
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μή -τε ,
negative particle, differing from οὔτε as μή from οὐ , neither, nor: μήτε . . . μήτε , neither . . .
nor, Matthew 11:18, Luke 7:33; Luke 9:3, Acts 23:12; Acts 23:21; Acts 27:20, Hebrews 7:3; μὴ (μηδὲ ) . . . μήτε . . . μήτε , Matthew 5:34; Matthew 5:36, Mark 3:20 T, Acts 23:8, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, 1 Timothy 1:7, James 5:12, Revelation 7:1; Revelation 7:3.†
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For this strong particle, responsive and confirmatory of a preceding statement, as in Matthew 15:27 al., cf. a report of the proceedings of the Senate P Oxy XII. 1413.7 (A.D. 270–5) γ ]ραμματεὺς πολειτικῶν εἶπ (εν)· ναί. See also Ev. Petr. 9 with Swete’s note. The word survives in MGr, but is sometimes changed to ναίσκε, and sometimes strengthened with μάλιστα (Thumb Handbook, p. 199).
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