83 occurrences

'Neither' in the Bible

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him, "Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob."

Verse ConceptsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightSpeech, DivineWarning IndividualsDirect Communication Through Dreams

I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night, 'Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.'

Verse ConceptsWarning IndividualsPeople Possibly Doing EvilPowerHurtParents Being Wronghurting

For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

Verse ConceptsTwo YearsFive YearsTilling The SoilNot Reaping What You SowIdentity

Then Moses said to the Lord, "O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."

Verse ConceptsExcusesEloquenceMoses, Significance OfMutenessHumility, Examples OfSelf AbasementSpeech ImpedimentsNervousnessSpeech

They will fill your houses, the houses of your servants, and all the houses of Egypt, such as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since they have been in the land until this day!'" Then Moses turned and went out from Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesFilling HousesUnique Creatures

"'The high priest -- who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments -- must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtRankConsecrationBare HeadsAnointing PriestsPriests GarmentsNot Tearing ClothesAccompaniments Of MourningRivers

"'No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest's lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,

Verse ConceptsLaws Restricting Foreigners

"'Surely anything which a man permanently dedicates to the Lord from all that belongs to him, whether from people, animals, or his landed property, must be neither sold nor redeemed; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsNot Redeemed

he must separate himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkVinegarDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

But they dared to go up to the crest of the hill, although neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed from the camp.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark Moved AroundMotionlessnessStaying Put

Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!"

Verse ConceptsBlessing And CurseCursing Israel

And when he sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you, "Go up and possess the land I have given you," you rebelled against the Lord your God and would neither believe nor obey him.

Verse ConceptsTrust, Lack OfRebellion Against God, Shown InUnbelief, Examples OfDoubting God

Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,

Verse ConceptsSecrecyEnticersUnknown GodsDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsShow No MercyMothers Love For Her ChildrenSiblingsMothers And SonsDeath Of A Motheratheism

and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer's neck.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterDislocatingUnused

The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering IsraelUnknown GodsDifferent GodsWood And Stone

When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMany CombatantsLocustsTentsGrasshoppersUncountable

But Hannah replied, "That's not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsA Broken WomanPouringPrayer, Described AsStrong DrinkDrunkennessAntidepressantsStress And Hard TimesA Broken HeartPrayer During Hard Timessoulheartbrokenwomanbeeralcoholism

(For this reason, to this very day, neither Dagon's priests nor anyone else who enters Dagon's temple step on Dagon's threshold in Ashdod.)

Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideDirectionNatural Disasters

Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

Verse ConceptsSheepSheep ShearingLiving Together

When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingExtermination

Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, "This way they can't tell on us, saying, 'This is what David did.'" Such was his practice the entire time that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsCustomExterminationDo Not Tell

We will come against him wherever he happens to be found. We will descend on him like the dew falls on the ground. Neither he nor any of the men who are with him will be spared alive -- not one of them!

Verse ConceptsdewHoly Spirit, Types OfNo SurvivorsKilling Will Happen

The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. She said, "My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don't kill him!" But the other woman said, "Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!"

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingMaternal LoveLove, And The WorldMercy, HumanBowelsHalf Of BodiesPeople Showing MercyMothers Love For Her ChildrenHaving A Babybaby

He went and found the corpse lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleCorpses Of Other People

He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: "The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah's god rescue his people from my power."

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineLettersUnrighteousnessImpiety

From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes -- twelve years in all -- neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsArtaxerxes The KingTen To Fourteen Years

Now he was acting as the guardian of Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, for neither her father nor her mother was alive. This young woman was very attractive and had a beautiful figure. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had raised her as if she were his own daughter.

Verse ConceptsFatherless, Examples OfBeauty, In WomenAdoptionExamples Of OrphansWomen's RolesDeath Of A MotherFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers Responsibilities

He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed.

Verse ConceptsNo SurvivorsReasons For Barrenness

Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth.

Verse ConceptsCrystalsMineralsPrecious StonesTransparencyBenefits Of WisdomUnique Things

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

Verse ConceptsAboundingAgingIndustryLaborFervourDeath, Preparation ForZealPhysical LabourHard LaborState Of The DeadDeathCareer SuccessOpportunityDoing Your BestSuccess And Hard WorkWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyhardwork

I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords until I have destroyed them.'"

Verse ConceptsGod Scattering IsraelNot Knowing PeopleGod Will Kill His People

So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.'"

Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightLand, As A Divine GiftThrowing PeopleUnknown ThingsDifferent Gods

I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.

Verse ConceptsMonotheismSacrifice, In OtKilling The InnocentUnknown GodsDifferent Gods

I will force you and your mother who gave you birth into exile. You will be exiled to a country where neither of you were born, and you will both die there.

Verse ConceptsQueensThrowing PeopleNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearExile In ProspectDeath Of A Mother

Neither he nor any of his attendants showed any alarm when they heard all that had been read. Nor did they tear their clothes to show any grief or sorrow.

Verse ConceptsNot Tearing ClothesFearing God's Word

Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah.

Verse ConceptsIndifferenceListeningWork, Divine And HumanNamed Prophets Of The Lord

This happened because of the wickedness the people living there did. They made me angry by worshiping and offering sacrifice to other gods whom neither they nor you nor your ancestors previously knew.

Verse ConceptsProvoking GodUnknown GodsDifferent Gods

(Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsEntering CitiesNot Believing PeopleNature Of Kings

He said to me: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfCarcass, Figurative UseHigh PlacesNames And Titles For The ChurchGod Living With UsProfaning God's NameSpiritual HarlotryCare Of FeetRules About Corpses

In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long.

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansShort Time For ActionDividing The Spoil

However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are children of the living God!"

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingDivine FavourSons Of GodUncountableBelievers As Sons Of GodSand And GravelLiving For GodThe Seaisrael

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.

Verse ConceptsLitigationForgetting GodFaithfulness, To GodProphecy, Methods Of OtWord Of GodCharacter Of WickedNot Knowing GodPeople Without Mercy

At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, those who think to themselves, 'The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.'

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceComplacencyLampsReward, DivineSin, God's Judgment OnHoly Spirit, Types OfImpietyInfidelity To GodGod Searching For PeopleGood Or BadFeeling

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth."

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfGoldHell, As An ExperienceJealousyTreasureProtection, Not Found InAbilityTo DeliverDestruction Of The WorldThe Universe DestroyedGod KillingFire Of God's AngerPeople EndedGod Will Kill The PeoplesMoney's DeficienciesSalvation By Other ThingsThe Coming Day Of God's WrathSaving Money

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

Verse ConceptsChrist Concealing Things

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLegalismStumbling BlocksShutting The KingdomEntering The KingdomHypocritesHypocrisyGoing To Heavenpietypharisees

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

Verse ConceptsChrist Concealing Things

He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceBeing Seen By ManNo Fear Of GodRespectFearing GodPersistencefearless

For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessBeing Seen By ManNo Fear Of GodPeople Unwilling

Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things."

Verse ConceptsChrist Concealing Things

But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristSinglenessWorthinessMarriage No MoreWorthy People

Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.

Verse ConceptsNamed Gentile RulersDeath Penalty For HeresyDeserving Death

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusThe Future AgeBelieve In Christ!How To Worship GodThe FatherWorshiping God

So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

Verse ConceptsSeeking ChristCrowds SeekingBoatsDisciples' MovementsGone Away

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

Verse Conceptsevil, victory overGod's Deed RevealedBlindnessFamily ProblemsIllnessWorking For GodParents Being Wrongmumsparenthood

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.

Verse ConceptsGoalsWalking In The Spiritdisciples, characteristics ofIntimacyAbiding In ChristSpiritual VitalityUnfruitfulnessAbiding With GodPeople's Inability To Serve GodUs In GodStaying Positiveconnectionfruitfulness

David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadCorruption, SolutionOvercoming DeathKnowing BeforehandNo DecayChrist Would Rise

For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.

Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineFasting, Nature OfBlindnesspoopdamascus

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Verse ConceptsLegalismSatan, As TempterTestingYokesTesting GodUnbearable ThingsPutting God FirstResisting TemptationTeststrying

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

Verse ConceptsStealingBlasphemyLack Of Holiness

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismDark DaysWithout HopeNavigationNatural DisastersFeeling Lost

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

Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofDemons, Christ's AuthorityThe Present AgeDeath Of God's PeopleEvil Angelsboyfriendsprincipalities

So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

Verse ConceptsWork, Divine And HumanAccoladesIncreaseOther Unimportant PeopleGrowingPlanting Seeds

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!

Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorNewnessRitualUncircumcisionNew Birth, Described AsSalvation Not By WorksNew LifeNecessity Of Circumcision

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Eternity OfGenealogiesBeginningPreexistence Of ChristBeginning And EndChrist Like Peoplemomsa new beginningMothers And SonsDeath Of A MotherEnd Of Dayspriests

Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

Verse ConceptsGrapesBad WaterSourness

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot!

Verse ConceptsInstabilityChrist Knowing About PeopleOne's DeedsSelf Worthlukewarm

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

Verse ConceptsGesturesApostate BelieversLukewarmnesschristianitylukewarmrevelation

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אל 
'al 
never , nay , neither , no , none , nor , not , nothing , rather than , whither , nothing worth
Usage: 727

אם 
'im 
Usage: 999

בּל 
Bal 
none, not, nor, lest, nothing, not, neither, no
Usage: 69

טרם 
Terem 
Usage: 55

לה לא 
La' (Aramaic) 
not , no , nor , without , neither , none , cannot , ever , never , no , nothing
Usage: 82

עם 
`im 
with, unto, by, as long, neither, from between, from among
Usage: 1061

μή 
me 
not , no , that not , God forbid 9 , lest , neither , no man , but , none , not translated ,
Usage: 493

μηδέ 
mede 
neither , nor , not , nor yet , not once , no not , not so much as
Usage: 31

μήτε 
mete 
neither , nor , so much as , or
Usage: 24

οὐδέ 
Oude 
neither , nor , not , no not , not so much as , then not , not tr ,
Usage: 83

οὐδείς 
Oudeis 
no man , nothing , none , no , any man , any , man , neither any man ,
Usage: 160

οὐδέποτε 
Oudepote 
Usage: 10

οὔτε 
Oute 
neither , nor , nor yet , no not , not , yet not ,
Usage: 68

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