μηδέ

μηδέ — mēdé

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, Mat 22:23; Mar 12:24; by μή with a present subjunctive, 1Co 5:8 (here L marginal reading present indicative); 1Jn 3:18; by μή with imperative, Mat 6:25; Luk 10:4; Luk 12:22; Luk 14:12; 1Jn 2:15; by μή with an aorist subjunctive 2 person plural, Mat 10:9 f; by εἰς τό μή, 2Th 2:2 L T Tr WH; — or so that μηδέ has its own verb: preceded by ὅς ἐάν (ἄν) μή, Mat 10:14; Mar 6:11; by ἵνα μή, Joh 4:15; by ὅπως μή, Luk 16:26; with a participle after μή with a participle, Luk 12:47; 2Co 4:2; with an imperative after μή with imperative, Joh 14:27; Rom 6:12; Heb 12:5; μηδενί ἐπιτίθει, followed by μηδέ with imperative 1Ti 5:22; with 2 person of the aorist subjunctive after μή with 2 person of the aorist subjunctive, Mat 7:6; Mat 23:9; Luk 17:23; Col 2:21; 1Pe 3:14; after μηδέ with an aorist subjunctive Mar 8:26 (T reads μή for the first μηδέ, T WH Tr marginal reading omit the second clause); after μηδένα with an aorist subjunctive, Luk 3:14 (Tdf. repeats μηδένα); μηδέ... μηδέ with 1 person plural present subjunctive, 1Co 10:8 f (see below); παραγγέλλω followed by μή with inf... μηδέ with an infinitive, Act 4:18; 1Ti 1:4; 1Ti 6:17; καλόν τό μή... μηδέ with an infinitive Rom 14:21; with the genitive absolute after μήπω with the genitive absolute, Rom 9:11; with imperative after εἰς τό μή, 1Co 10:7; μηδέ is repeated several times in a negative exhortation after εἰς τό μή in 1Co 10:7-10.

2. not even (Latinne... quidem): with an infinitive after ἔγραψα, 1Co 5:11; after ὥστε, Mar 2:2; Mar 3:20 (where R G T badly μήτε (cf. Winers Grammar, 489f (456); Buttmann, pp. 367, 369)); with a present imperative, Eph 5:3; 2Th 3:10.