◄ 3367. médeis, médemia, méden ►
Strong's Lexicon médeis, médemia, méden: No one, none, nothing Original Word: μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: médeis, médemia, méden Pronunciation: may-DAYS, may-day-MEE-ah, may-DEN Phonetic Spelling: (may-dice') Definition: No one, none, nothing Meaning: no one, none, nothing. Word Origin: From a combination of μή (mē, "not") and εἷς (heis, "one") Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is אַיִן (ayin, Strong's H369), meaning "nothing" or "not." Usage: The Greek terms μηδείς (médeis), μηδεμία (médemia), and μηδέν (méden) are used to express the concept of "no one," "none," or "nothing." These words are often employed in the New Testament to emphasize the absence or non-existence of a person, thing, or action. They are used to negate statements or commands, often in contexts where a prohibition or exclusion is being emphasized. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, language was a powerful tool for expressing philosophical and theological ideas. The use of negation, such as with μηδείς, was a common rhetorical device to emphasize moral and ethical teachings. In the context of the New Testament, these terms are used to underscore the exclusivity of certain Christian truths and moral imperatives, reflecting the early Christian community's emphasis on holiness and distinctiveness from surrounding cultures. HELPS Word-studies 3367 mēdeís(from 3361 /mḗ, "not a possibility" and 1520 /heís, "one") – properly, "no one, nothing" – literally, "not even one." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from méde and heis Definition no one, nothing NASB Translation all (1), any (7), anyone (8), anything (2), least (1), never (1), no (9), no at all (1), no basis (1), no man (1), no one (26), no way (1), nothing (22), without (4), without...any (1), without any (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3367: μηδείς μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν (and μηθέν, Acts 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, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 21; 1 Corinthians 10:24; Galatians 6:17; Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 2:18; 1 Timothy 4:12; Titus 2:15; James 1:13; 1 John 3:7; neuter μηδέν, namely, ἔστω (A. V. have thou nothing to do with etc.), Matthew 27:19; μηδείς in the dative or the accusative depending on the imperative, Romans 13:8; 1 Timothy 5:22; μηδέν (accusative), Luke 3:13; Luke 9:3; μηδέν φοβοῦ, Revelation 2:10 (here L Tr WH text μή). b. μηδείς with the optative: once in the N. T., Mark 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, Matthew 8:4; Matthew 17:9; accusative, Luke 3:14; Luke 10:4; μηδέν (accusative), Acts 16:28; κατά μηδένα τρόπον, 2 Thessalonians 2:3. d. with the particles ἵνα and ὅπως (see μή, I. 3): with ἵνα, Matthew 16:20; Mark 5:43; Mark 6:8; Mark 7:36 9:9: Titus 3:13; Revelation 3:11; with ὅπως, Acts 8:24. e. with an infinitive; α. with one that depends on another verb: — as on παραγγέλλω, Luke 8:56; Luke 9:21; Acts 23:22; δεινυμι, Acts 10:28; διατάσσομαι, Acts 24:23; ἀναθεματίζω ἐμαυτόν, Acts 23:14; κρίνω (accusative with an infinitive), Acts 21:25 Rec.; εὔχομαι, 2 Corinthians 13:7; βούλομαι (accusative with an infinitive), 1 Timothy 5:14; ὑπομιμνῄσκω τινα, Titus 3:2, etc.; παρακαλῶ τινα followed by τό μή with the accusative and infinitive, 1 Thessalonians 3:3 L (stereotype edition) T Tr WH. β. with an infinitive depending on διά τό: Acts 28:18; Hebrews 10:2. f. with a participle (see μή, I. 5); in the dative, Acts 11:19; Romans 12:17; accusative μηδένα, John 8:10; Acts 9:7; μηδέν, Acts 4:21; Acts 27:33; 1 Corinthians 10:25, 27; 2 Corinthians 6:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:11; 1 Timothy 6:4; Titus 2:8; James 1:6; 3 John 1:7; μηδεμίαν προσκοπήν, 2 Corinthians 6:3; μηδεμίαν πτόησιν, 1 Peter 3:6; μηδεμίαν αἰτίαν, Acts 28:18; ἀναβολήν μηδεμίαν, Acts 25:17. g. noteworthy are — μηδείς with a genitive, Acts 4:17; Acts 24:23; μηδέν namely, τούτων, Revelation 2:10 (R G T WH marginal reading); ἐς μηδενί, in nothing, 1 Corinthians 1:7 (but χαρίσματι is expressed here); 2 Cor. ( (see h. below)); ; Philippians 1:28; James 1:4. μηδέν εἶναι, to be nothing i. e. of no account opposed to εἶναι τί, Galatians 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: Acts 10:20; Acts 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, Luke 4:35 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 483 (450)); ὠφελεῖσθαι, Mark 5:26; ὑστέρειν, 2 Corinthians 11:5; μέριμναν, Philippians 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, Mark 11:14; Acts 4:17; μηδενί μηδέν, Mark 1:44 (L omits; Tr brackets μηδέν); Romans 13:8; μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενί, 2 Corinthians 6:3; μή ... ἐν μηδενί, Philippians 1:28; μή ... μηδέν, 2 Corinthians 13:7; μή ... μηδεμίαν, 1 Peter 3:6; μή τίς ... κατά μηδένα τρόπον, 2 Thessalonians 2:3. STRONGS NT 3367: μηθέν μηθέν, see μηδείς. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance no one, nothing Including the irregular feminine medemia may-dem-ee'-ah, and the neuter meden (may-den') from me and heis; not even one (man, woman, thing) -- any (man, thing), no (man), none, not (at all, any man, a whit), nothing, + without delay. see GREEK me see GREEK heis Forms and Transliterations μηδεις μηδείς μηδεὶς μηδεμιαν μηδεμίαν μηδεν μηδέν Μηδὲν Μηδενα Μηδένα μηδενι μηδενί μηδενὶ μηδενος μηδενός μηδενὸς μηθείς μηθεν μηθέν μηθὲν μηθενός medeis medeís medeìs mēdeis mēdeís mēdeìs medemian medemían mēdemian mēdemían meden medén Medèn mēden mēdén Mēdèn Medena Medéna Mēdena Mēdéna medeni medenì mēdeni mēdenì medenos medenòs mēdenos mēdenòs methen methèn mēthen mēthèn Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 8:4 Adj-DMS GRK: Ἰησοῦς Ὅρα μηδενὶ εἴπῃς ἀλλὰ NAS: that you tell no one; but go, KJV: See thou tell no man; but go thy way, INT: Jesus See that no one you tell but Matthew 9:30 Adj-NMS GRK: λέγων Ὁρᾶτε μηδεὶς γινωσκέτω NAS: them: See that no one knows KJV: saying, See [that] no man know [it]. INT: saying See that no one let know [it] Matthew 16:20 Adj-DMS GRK: μαθηταῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ εἴπωσιν ὅτι NAS: that they should tell no one that He was the Christ. KJV: that they should tell no man that he INT: disciples that to no one they should say that Matthew 17:9 Adj-DMS GRK: Ἰησοῦς λέγων Μηδενὶ εἴπητε τὸ NAS: the vision to no one until KJV: the vision to no man, until INT: Jesus saying To no one tell the Matthew 27:19 Adj-NNS GRK: αὐτοῦ λέγουσα Μηδὲν σοὶ καὶ NAS: him [a message], saying, Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; KJV: Have thou nothing to do with that INT: of him saying [Let there be] nothing between you and Mark 1:44 Adj-DMS GRK: αὐτῷ Ὅρα μηδενὶ μηδὲν εἴπῃς NAS: that you say nothing to anyone; KJV: See thou say nothing to any man: but INT: to him See nothing to none you speak Mark 1:44 Adj-ANS GRK: Ὅρα μηδενὶ μηδὲν εἴπῃς ἀλλὰ NAS: nothing to anyone; but go, KJV: nothing to any man: but INT: See nothing to none you speak but Mark 5:26 Adj-ANS GRK: πάντα καὶ μηδὲν ὠφεληθεῖσα ἀλλὰ NAS: and was not helped at all, but rather KJV: and was nothing bettered, but INT: all and in no way having benefited but Mark 5:43 Adj-NMS GRK: πολλὰ ἵνα μηδεὶς γνοῖ τοῦτο NAS: orders that no one should know KJV: straitly that no man should know it; INT: much that no one should know this Mark 6:8 Adj-ANS GRK: αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδὲν αἴρωσιν εἰς NAS: them that they should take nothing for [their] journey, KJV: they should take nothing for INT: them that nothing they should take for [the] Mark 7:36 Adj-DMS GRK: αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ λέγωσιν ὅσον NAS: not to tell anyone; but the more KJV: they should tell no man: but INT: them that no one they should tell as much as Mark 8:30 Adj-DMS GRK: αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ λέγωσιν περὶ NAS: them to tell no one about KJV: that they should tell no man of him. INT: them that no one they should tell concerning Mark 9:9 Adj-DMS GRK: αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ ἃ εἶδον NAS: not to relate to anyone what KJV: they should tell no man what things INT: them that to no one what they had seen Mark 11:14 Adj-NMS GRK: ἐκ σοῦ μηδεὶς καρπὸν φάγοι NAS: He said to it, May no one ever eat KJV: and said unto it, No man eat fruit INT: of you not one fruit to eat Luke 3:13 Adj-ANS GRK: πρὸς αὐτούς Μηδὲν πλέον παρὰ NAS: to them, Collect no more KJV: them, Exact no more than INT: to them Nothing more beyond Luke 3:14 Adj-AMS GRK: εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Μηδένα διασείσητε μηδὲ NAS: to them, Do not take money from anyone by force, KJV: Do violence to no man, neither INT: he said to them No one oppress nor Luke 4:35 Adj-ANS GRK: ἀπ' αὐτοῦ μηδὲν βλάψαν αὐτόν NAS: [of the people], he came out of him without doing KJV: and hurt him not. INT: from him in nothing having hurt him Luke 5:14 Adj-DMS GRK: παρήγγειλεν αὐτῷ μηδενὶ εἰπεῖν ἀλλὰ NAS: him to tell no one, But go KJV: him to tell no man: but go, INT: instructed him no one to tell but Luke 6:35 Adj-ANS GRK: καὶ δανίζετε μηδὲν ἀπελπίζοντες καὶ NAS: expecting nothing in return; KJV: lend, hoping for nothing again; and INT: and lend nothing expecting in return and Luke 8:56 Adj-DMS GRK: παρήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς μηδενὶ εἰπεῖν τὸ NAS: them to tell no one what had happened. KJV: that they should tell no man what was done. INT: he instructed them no one to tell what Luke 9:3 Adj-ANS GRK: πρὸς αὐτούς Μηδὲν αἴρετε εἰς NAS: to them, Take nothing for [your] journey, KJV: them, Take nothing for [your] journey, INT: to them Nothing take for Luke 9:21 Adj-DMS GRK: αὐτοῖς παρήγγειλεν μηδενὶ λέγειν τοῦτο NAS: [them] not to tell this to anyone, KJV: [them] to tell no man that thing; INT: them he instructed [them] no one to tell this Luke 10:4 Adj-AMS GRK: ὑποδήματα καὶ μηδένα κατὰ τὴν NAS: shoes; and greet no one on the way. KJV: and salute no man by the way. INT: sandals and no one on the John 8:10 Adj-AMS GRK: Ἰησοῦς καὶ μηδένα θεασάμενος πλὴν KJV: and saw none but the woman, INT: Jesus and no one saw but Acts 4:17 Adj-DMS GRK: ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενὶ ἀνθρώπων NAS: no longer to any man KJV: henceforth to no man INT: name this to no man Strong's Greek 3367 91 Occurrences μηδεὶς — 15 Occ. μηδεμίαν — 7 Occ. Μηδὲν — 35 Occ. Μηδένα — 9 Occ. μηδενὶ — 21 Occ. μηδενὸς — 3 Occ. μηθὲν — 1 Occ.