οὔτε (
οὐ and 
τέ), an adjunctive negative conjunction (from 
Homer down) (differing fr., 
μήτε as 
οὐ does from 
μή (which see ad at the beginning), and from 
οὐδέ as 
μήτε does from 
μηδέ; see 
μήτε and 
οὐδέ), 
neither; and not. 
1. Examples in which 
οὔτε stands singly: 
a. οὐ... 
οὔτε, 
Revelation 12:8 Rec. (where 
G L T Tr WH οὐδέ); 
Revelation 20:4 R G (where 
L T Tr WH οὐδέ); 
οὐδείς ἄξιος εὑρέθη ἀνοῖξαι τό βιβλίον οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό, 
Revelation 5:4; cf. 
Winers Grammar, 491 (457); 
Buttmann, 367 (315); 
οὐ... 
οὐδέ... 
οὔτε, 
1 Thessalonians 2:3 R G (where 
L T Tr WH more correctly 
οὐδέ) (
Winers Grammar, 493 (459); 
Buttmann, 368 (315)); 
οὐδέ... 
οὔτε (so that 
οὔτε answers only to the 
οὐ in 
οὐδέ), 
Galatians 1:12 R G T WH text (
Winers Grammar, 492 (458); 
Buttmann, 366 (314)). 
b. οὔτε... 
καί, like Latin
neque...
et, 
neither... and: 
John 4:11; 
3 John 1:10 (
Euripides, Iph. T. 591; but the more common Greek usage was 
οὐ... 
τέ, cf. 
Klotz ad Devar. 2:2, p. 714; 
Passow, under the word, B. 2; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 4); 
Winers Grammar, § 55, 7; (
Buttmann, § 149, 13 c.)). 
c. By a solecism 
οὔτε is put for 
οὐδέ, 
not... even: 
1 Corinthians 3:2 Rec. (where 
G L T Tr WH οὐδέ) (
Winers Grammar, 493 (459); 
Buttmann, 367 (315); § 149, 13 f.); 
Mark 5:3 R G (where 
L T Tr WH have restored 
οὐδέ (
Winers Grammar, 490 (456); 
Buttmann, as above)); 
Luke 12:26 R G (where 
L T Tr WH οὐδέ (
Winers Grammar, as above and 478 (445); 
Buttmann, 347 (298))); 
οὔτε μετενόησαν, 
Revelation 9:20 R L Tr (where 
G WH text 
οὐ, 
T οὐδέ not... even; 
WH marginal reading 
οὔτε or 
οὐδέ (cf. 
Buttmann, 367 (315))); after the question 
μή δύναται... 
σῦκα; follows 
οὔτε ἁλυκόν γλυκύ ποιῆσαι ὕδωρ, 
James 3:12 G L T Tr WH (as though 
οὔτε δύναται... 
σῦκα had previously been in the writer's mind (cf. 
Winers Grammar, 493 (459); 
Buttmann, as above)). 
2. used twice or more, 
neither... nor (Latin
nec...
nec;
neque...
neque): 
Matthew 6:20; 
Matthew 22:30; 
Mark 12:25; (
Mark 14:68 L text 
T Tr WH); 
Luke 14:35 (34); 
John 4:21; 
John 5:37; 
John 8:19; 
John 9:3; 
Acts 15:10; 
Acts 19:37; 
Acts 25:8; 
Acts 28:21; 
Romans 8:38f (where 
οὔτε occurs ten times); 
1 Corinthians 3:7; 
1 Corinthians 6:9f; (
οὔτε eight times (yet 
T WH Tr marginal reading the eighth time 
οὐ)); 
1 Corinthians 11:11; 
Galatians 5:6; 
Galatians 6:15; 
1 Thessalonians 2:6; 
Revelation 3:15; 
Revelation 9:20; 
Revelation 21:4; 
οὔτε... 
οὔτε... 
οὐδέ (German 
auchnicht, 
also not), 
L Tr WH in 
Luke 20:35f, and 
L T Tr marginal reading 
WH in 
Acts 24:12f; cf. 
Winers Grammar, 491 (457f); 
Buttmann, 368 (315) note. 
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