μηδέ
and not
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Conjunction
- A joining word linking words or clauses.
Degree
- Negative
- Marks a negative form.
Every verse where G3366 appears in the Book of Colossians — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Colossians
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“and not” is the headline sense of the Greek word μηδε (mēdé). Where the King James Version says “neither,” newer translations reach for “or” (Berean Standard Bible); the renderings breakdown has the detail. The Greek New Testament uses it across 47 verses — moderately common. First canonically at Matthew 6:25, it enters the text early. It shares a root with μη, μηδαμως and μηδεις. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G3366 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 47
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 47 distinct verses.
- 17 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 17 of 27 New Testament books.
- #295
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Greek words (rank 295 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 47 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Matthew 8 verses 17%
- 1 Corinthians 6 verses 13%
- Luke 5 verses 11%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 47 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 20 verses · 43%
- Gospels 19 verses · 40%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 7 verses · 15%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 5 verses · 11%
- Johannine 4 verses · 9%
- Hebrews 1 verse · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Neither 31×, Nor 18×, Not 4×
- American Standard Version: Neither 22×, Nor 20×, No 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Or 11×, Do not 4×, Nor 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Nor 34×, Not 11×, Even 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3366 across 57 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3366 across 54 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3366 across 27 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 23 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3366 across 62 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- and not, but not, nor, not
Word origin
Derived from μη (mḗ) (G3361) — not.
Forms in the corpus
The 2 distinct written forms G3366 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μηδὲ mēdè | Conjunction, Negative | Matthew 6:25 | 53 |
| μηδ’ mēd | Conjunction, Negative | 1 Peter 5:3 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3366, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- μηδαμως mēdamōs G3365 by no means
- μηδεις mēdeís G3367 no one
- μηκετι mēkéti G3371 no longer
- μη ουκ mḕ ouk G3378 not ever
- μηποτε mḗpote G3379 lest
- μηπω mḗpō G3380 not yet
- μηπως mḗpōs G3381 lest
- μητε mḗte G3383 nor
- μητι mḗti G3385 whether
- μητις mḗtis G3387 let no one
- ου ou G3756 not
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 15 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word μηδε appears 99 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 88 verses in 25 books.
- 99
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 88
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 19:17 μηδέ
- Exodus 4:1 μηδέ
- Leviticus 25:20 μηδέ
- Deuteronomy 1:21 μηδέ
- Joshua 1:9 μηδέ
- 1 Samuel 16:7 μηδέ
- 2 Samuel 17:13 μηδέ
- 1 Kings 8:57 μηδέ
- 1 Chronicles 22:13 μηδέ
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 μηδέ
- Ezra 18:9 μηδέ
- Esther 1:19 μηδέ
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3366) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 88. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 19:17 μηδέ It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed!"
- Genesis 21:23 μηδέ Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
- Genesis 22:12 μηδέ He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
- Genesis 31:52 μηδέ May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
- Genesis 45:5 μηδέ Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
- Exodus 4:1 μηδέ Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"
- Exodus 4:8 μηδέ "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
- Exodus 4:9 μηδέ It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."
- Exodus 34:3 μηδέ No one shall come up with you; neither let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mountain."
- Leviticus 25:20 μηδέ If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
- Leviticus 26:14 μηδέ "'But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments;
- Deuteronomy 1:21 μηδέ Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
- Deuteronomy 1:29 μηδέ Then I said to you, Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.
- Deuteronomy 20:3 μηδέ and shall tell them, Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: don't let your heart faint; don't be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
- Deuteronomy 22:2 μηδέ If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him.
- Deuteronomy 31:6 μηδέ Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid, nor be scared of them: for Yahweh your God, he it is who does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
- Deuteronomy 31:8 μηδέ Yahweh, he it is who does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
- Joshua 1:9 μηδέ Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.
- Joshua 6:10 μηδέ Joshua commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout.
- Joshua 8:1 μηδέ Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;
- Joshua 10:25 μηδέ Joshua said to them, Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Yahweh do to all your enemies against whom you fight.
- 1 Samuel 16:7 μηδέ But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
- 2 Samuel 17:13 μηδέ Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there not be one small stone found there.
- 1 Kings 8:57 μηδέ Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;
- 1 Chronicles 22:13 μηδέ Then shall you prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong, and of good courage. Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
- 1 Chronicles 28:20 μηδέ David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of Yahweh is finished.
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 μηδέ and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17 μηδέ You shall not need to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out against them: for Yahweh is with you.
- Ezra 18:9 μηδέ
- Esther 1:19 μηδέ If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it not be altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.
- Esther 4:16 μηδέ Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
- Job 3:4 μηδέ Let that day be darkness; Don't let God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine on it.
- Job 3:6 μηδέ As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
- Job 3:7 μηδέ Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
- Job 16:18 μηδέ "Earth, don't cover my blood, Let my cry have no place to rest.
- Job 20:17 μηδέ He shall not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
- Psalms 6:2 μηδέ Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
- Psalms 7:3 μηδέ Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
- Psalms 24:2 μηδέ For he has founded it on the seas, And established it on the floods.
- Psalms 34:25 μηδέ
- Psalms 36:1 μηδέ An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."
- Psalms 37:2 μηδέ For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither like the green herb.
- Psalms 68:16 μηδέ Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, At the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
- Psalms 82:2 μηδέ "How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.
- Psalms 108:12 μηδέ Give us help against the enemy, For the help of man is vain.
- Psalms 120:3 μηδέ What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, You deceitful tongue?
- Proverbs 1:10 μηδέ My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.
- Proverbs 3:11 μηδέ My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof:
- Proverbs 3:31 μηδέ Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
- Proverbs 4:5 μηδέ Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3366) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
