μηδέ (
μή, which see, and 
δέ) (from 
Homer down), a negative disjunctive conjunction; (cf. 
Winers Grammar, § 55, 6; 
Buttmann, § 149, 13); 
1. used in continuing a negation or prohibition, 
but not, and not, neither; preceded by 
μή — either so that the two negatives have one verb in common: preceded by 
μή with a participle, 
Matthew 22:23; 
Mark 12:24; by 
μή with a present subjunctive, 
1 Corinthians 5:8 (here 
L marginal reading present indicative); 
1 John 3:18; by 
μή with imperative, 
Matthew 6:25; 
Luke 10:4; 
Luke 12:22; 
Luke 14:12; 
1 John 2:15; by 
μή with an aorist subjunctive 2 person plural, 
Matthew 10:9f; by 
εἰς τό μή, 
2 Thessalonians 2:2 L T Tr WH; — or so that 
μηδέ has its own verb: preceded by 
ὅς ἐάν (
ἄν) 
μή, 
Matthew 10:14; 
Mark 6:11; by 
ἵνα μή, 
John 4:15; by 
ὅπως μή, 
Luke 16:26; with a participle after 
μή with a participle, 
Luke 12:47; 
2 Corinthians 4:2; with an imperative after 
μή with imperative, 
John 14:27; 
Romans 6:12; 
Hebrews 12:5; 
μηδενί ἐπιτίθει, followed by 
μηδέ with imperative 
1 Timothy 5:22; with 2 person of the aorist subjunctive after 
μή with 2 person of the aorist subjunctive, 
Matthew 7:6; 
Matthew 23:9; 
Luke 17:23; 
Colossians 2:21; 
1 Peter 3:14; after 
μηδέ with an aorist subjunctive 
Mark 8:26 (
T reads 
μή for the first 
μηδέ, 
T WH Tr marginal reading omit the second clause); after 
μηδένα with an aorist subjunctive, 
Luke 3:14 (
Tdf. repeats 
μηδένα); 
μηδέ... 
μηδέ with 1 person plural present subjunctive, 
1 Corinthians 10:8f (see below); 
παραγγέλλω followed by 
μή with inf... 
μηδέ with an infinitive, 
Acts 4:18; 
1 Timothy 1:4; 
1 Timothy 6:17; 
καλόν τό μή... 
μηδέ with an infinitive 
Romans 14:21; with the genitive absolute after 
μήπω with the genitive absolute, 
Romans 9:11; with imperative after 
εἰς τό μή, 
1 Corinthians 10:7; 
μηδέ is repeated several times in a negative exhortation after 
εἰς τό μή in 
1 Corinthians 10:7-10. 
2. not even (Latin
ne... quidem): with an infinitive after 
ἔγραψα, 
1 Corinthians 5:11; after 
ὥστε, 
Mark 2:2; 
Mark 3:20 (where 
R G T badly 
μήτε (cf. 
Winers Grammar, 489f (456); 
Buttmann, pp. 367, 369)); with a present imperative, 
Ephesians 5:3; 
2 Thessalonians 3:10. 
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