oute · neither, nor

What it means

oute (οὔτε) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “neither, nor”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Joins two things that are both denied.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• nor ×49
• neither ×28
• or ×6
• You have never ×1
• does not ×1
• either ×1
• no ×1

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Mark×4
• Luke×4
• John×9
• Acts×14
• Romans×10
• 1 Corinthians×13
• Galatians×5
• 1 Thessalonians×5
• James×1
• 3 John×1
• Revelation×15

• Matthew 6:20

  but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworm destroys, and where thieves do not dig through or steal;

• Matthew 12:32

  And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

• Matthew 22:30

  For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.

• Mark 12:25

  For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

• Mark 14:68

  But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” And he went outside into the forecourt; and a rooster crowed.

• Luke 14:35

  It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it out. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

• Luke 20:35

  but those who are considered worthy to attain that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage;

• John 4:11

  The woman says to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where then do you get that living water?

• John 4:21

  Jesus says to her, “Believe me, woman, an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

• John 5:37

  And the Father who sent me, he has testified about me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,

• John 8:19

  So they were saying to him, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

• John 9:3

  Jesus answered, “Neither this man sinned nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be revealed in him.

• Acts 2:31

  foreseeing this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.

• Acts 15:10

  Now then, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

• Acts 19:37

  For you have brought these men here, who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

• Acts 24:12

  and neither in the temple did they find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues nor throughout the city;

• Acts 25:8

  while Paul said in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews nor against the temple nor against Caesar have I sinned in anything.”

• Acts 28:21

  And they said to him, “We have neither received letters about you from Judea, nor has any of the brothers come and reported or spoken anything evil about you.

• Romans 8:38

  For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor rulers nor things present nor things to come nor powers,

• Romans 8:39

  nor height nor depth nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in the Messiah Jesus our Lord.

• 1 Corinthians 3:7

  So neither the one who plants is anything, nor the one who waters, but God who gives the growth.

• 1 Corinthians 6:9

  Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor men who lie with males,

• 1 Corinthians 6:10

  nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

• 1 Corinthians 8:8

  Now food will not bring us close to God; for neither if we eat are we better off, nor if we do not eat are we worse off.

• 1 Corinthians 11:11

  Nevertheless, neither is woman without man nor man without woman in the Lord;

• Galatians 1:12

  For I did not receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus the Messiah.

• Galatians 5:6

  For in the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is worth anything, but faith working through love.

• Galatians 6:15

  For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:5

  For neither did we ever come with a word of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed (God is witness),

• 1 Thessalonians 2:6

  nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others,

• James 3:12

  My brothers, a fig tree cannot produce olives, or a vine figs, can it? Neither can salt water produce sweet water.

• 3 John 1:10

  For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to the works that he is doing, talking nonsense about us with evil words; and not content with that, he himself does not receive the brothers, and he hinders those who want to, and puts them out of the assembly.

• Revelation 3:15

  I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. If only you were cold or hot!

• Revelation 3:16

  So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth.

• Revelation 5:3

  And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look at it.

• Revelation 5:4

  And I was weeping much, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look at it.

• Revelation 9:20

  And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not even change their minds from the works of their hands, so as to stop worshiping the demons and the idols of gold and of silver and of bronze and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

• Revelation 9:21

  and they did not change their minds from their murders or from their sorceries or from their sexual immorality or from their thefts.

• Revelation 21:4

  And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor grief nor crying nor pain will there be any longer; for the first things have passed away.”

And 48 more times.