Strong's Lexicon
G3367 — μηδείς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3367 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μηδείς |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G3361 and G1520 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 90 |
| Transliteration: | medeis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | may-deis' (including the irregular feminine medemia may-dem-ee'-ah, and the neuter meden may-den') adj. |
| Meaning: | 1. not even one (man, woman, thing) |
| KJV Renderings: | any (man, thing), no (man), none, not (at all, any man, a whit), nothing, + without delay |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν (and μηθέν, Act 27:33 L T Tr WH — a form not infrequent from Aristotle onward (found as early as Buttmann, C. 378, cf. Meisterhans, Gr. d. Attic Inschr., p. 73); cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 181f; Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 d. 11; (Buttmann, 28 (25)); Kühner, § 187, 1 vol. 1:487f), (from μηδέ and εἷς) (fr. Homer down); it is used either in connection with a noun, no, none, or absolutely, no one, not one, no man, neuter nothing, and in the same constructions as μή; accordingly a. with an imperative: μηδείς being the person to whom something is forbidden, 1Co 3:18; 1Co 3:21; 1Co 10:24; Gal 6:17; Eph 5:6; Col 2:18; 1Ti 4:12; Tit 2:15; Jas 1:13; 1Jn 3:7; neuter μηδέν, namely, ἔστω (A. V. have thou nothing to do with etc.), Mat 27:19; μηδείς in the dative or the accusative depending on the imperative, Rom 13:8; 1Ti 5:22; μηδέν (accusative), Luk 3:13; Luk 9:3; μηδέν φοβοῦ, Rev 2:10 (here L Tr WH text μή).
b. μηδείς with the optative: once in the N. T., Mar 11:14 (where Rec. οὐδείς) (cf. Winers Grammar, 476 (443)).
c. with the 2 person of the aorist subjunctive, the μηδείς depending on the verb; as, μηδενί εἴπῃς, Mat 8:4; Mat 17:9; accusative, Luk 3:14; Luk 10:4; μηδέν (accusative), Act 16:28; κατά μηδένα τρόπον, 2Th 2:3.
d. with the particles ἵνα and ὅπως (see μή, I. 3): with ἵνα, Mat 16:20; Mar 5:43; Mar 6:8; Mark 7:36 9:9: Tit 3:13; Rev 3:11; with ὅπως, Act 8:24.
e. with an infinitive; α. with one that depends on another verb: — as on παραγγέλλω, Luk 8:56; Luk 9:21; Act 23:22; δεινυμι, Act 10:28; διατάσσομαι, Act 24:23; ἀναθεματίζω ἐμαυτόν, Act 23:14; κρίνω (accusative with an infinitive), Act 21:25 Rec.; εὔχομαι, 2Co 13:7; βούλομαι (accusative with an infinitive), 1Ti 5:14; ὑπομιμνῄσκω τινα, Tit 3:2, etc.; παρακαλῶ τινα followed by τό μή with the accusative and infinitive, 1Th 3:3 L (stereotype edition) T Tr WH. β. with an infinitive depending on διά τό: Act 28:18; Heb 10:2.
f. with a participle (see μή, I. 5); in the dative, Act 11:19; Rom 12:17; accusative μηδένα, Joh 8:10; Act 9:7; μηδέν, Act 4:21; Act 27:33; 1Co 10:25; 1Co 10:27; 2Co 6:10; 2Th 3:11; 1Ti 6:4; Tit 2:8; Jas 1:6; 3Jn 1:7; μηδεμίαν προσκοπήν, 2Co 6:3; μηδεμίαν πτόησιν, 1Pe 3:6; μηδεμίαν αἰτίαν, Act 28:18; ἀναβολήν μηδεμίαν, Act 25:17.
g. noteworthy are — μηδείς with a genitive, Act 4:17; Act 24:23; μηδέν namely, τούτων, Rev 2:10 (R G T WH marginal reading); ἐς μηδενί, in nothing, 1Co 1:7 (but χαρίσματι is expressed here); 2 Cor. ( (see h. below)); ; Php 1:28; Jas 1:4. μηδέν εἶναι, to be nothing i. e. of no account opposed to εἶναι τί, Gal 6:3 (Sophocles Aj. 754; other examples from Greek authors see in Passow, ii., p. 231{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word II.: cf. Buttmann, § 139, 5)); μηδέν (accusative), nothing i. e. not at all, in no respect: Act 10:20; Act 11:12, (Lucian, dial. deor. 2, 4; Tim. 43); as accusative of the object after verbs of harm, loss, damage, advantage, care (cf. Winers Grammar, 227 (313); Buttmann, § 131, 10): as, βλάπτειν, Luk 4:35 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 483 (450)); ὠφελεῖσθαι, Mar 5:26; ὑστέρειν, 2Co 11:5; μέριμναν, Php 4:6. h. examples of a double negation, by which the denial is strengthened, where in Latinquisquam follows a negation (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 55, 9 b.): μηκέτι μηδείς, Mar 11:14; Act 4:17; μηδενί μηδέν, Mar 1:44 (L omits; Tr brackets μηδέν); Rom 13:8; μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενί, 2Co 6:3; μή ... ἐν μηδενί, Php 1:28; μή ... μηδέν, 2Co 13:7; μή ... μηδεμίαν, 1Pe 3:6; μή τίς ... κατά μηδένα τρόπον, 2Th 2:3.
STRONGS NT 3367: μηθένμηθέν, see μηδείς.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μηδείς (any (man)
Matthew 8:4
- KJV: And Jesus saith unto him See thou tell no man but go thy way shew thyself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony unto them
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς όρα μηδενί είπης αλλ΄ ύπαγε σεαυτόν δείξον τω ιερεί και προσένεγκε το δώρον ο προσέταξε Μωσής εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
Matthew 9:30
- KJV: And their eyes were opened and Jesus straitly charged them saying See no man know
- GK: και ανεώχθησαν αυτών οι οφθαλμοί και ενεβριμήσατο αυτοίς ο Ιησούς λέγων οράτε μηδείς γινωσκέτω
Matthew 16:20
- KJV: Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ
- GK: τότε διεστείλατο τοις μαθηταίς αυτού ίνα μηδενί είπωσιν ότι αυτός εστιν Ιησούς ο Χριστός
Matthew 17:9
- KJV: And as they came down from the mountain Jesus charged them saying Tell the vision to no man until the Son of man be risen again from the dead
- GK: και καταβαινόντων αυτών από του όρους ενετείλατο αυτοίς ο Ιησούς λέγων μηδενί είπητε το όραμα εώς ου ο υιός του ανθρώπου εκ νεκρών αναστή
Matthew 27:19
- KJV: When he was set down on the judgment seat his wife sent unto him saying Have thou nothing to do with that just man for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him
- GK: καθημένου δε αυτού επί του βήματος απέστειλε προς αυτόν η γυνή αυτού λέγουσα μηδέν σοι και τω δικαίω εκείνω πολλά γαρ έπαθον σήμερον κατ΄ όναρ δι΄ αυτόν
Mark 1:44
- KJV: And saith unto him See thou say nothing to any man but go thy way shew thyself to the priest and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ όρα μηδενί μηδέν είπης αλλ΄ ύπαγε σεαυτόν δείξον τω ιερεί και προσένεγκε περί του καθαρισμού σου α προσέταξε Μωσής εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
Mark 5:26
- KJV: And had suffered many things of many physicians and had spent all that she had and was nothing bettered but rather grew worse
- GK: και πολλά παθούσα υπό πολλών ιατρών και δαπανήσασα τα παρ΄ εαυτής πάντα και μηδέν ωφεληθείσα αλλά μάλλον εις το χείρον ελθούσα
Mark 5:43
- KJV: And he charged them straitly that no man should know it and commanded that something should be given her to eat
- GK: και διεστείλατο αυτοίς πολλά ίνα μηδείς γνώ τούτο και είπε δοθήναι αυτή φαγείν
Mark 6:8
- KJV: And commanded them that they should take nothing for journey save a staff only no scrip no bread no money in purse
- GK: και παρήγγειλεν αυτοίς ίνα μηδέν αίρωσιν εις οδόν ει ράβδον μόνον μη πήραν μη άρτον μη εις την ζώνην χαλκόν
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