Strong’s G3366 · Greek
μηδέ
mēdé
Definition
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
Etymology
from G3361 (μή) and G1161 (δέ);
Where the KJV renders it
- neither
- nor (yet)
- (no) not (once
- so much as)
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