μηδείς
mēdeís · G3367 · Greek · 90 occurrences
Meanings
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no one, none, nothing
A negative reference to an entity, event, or state
ExamplesMatthew 8:4 And Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
Matthew 9:30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows about this!”
Matthew 16:20 Then He gave the disciples strict orders that they were to tell no one that He was the Christ.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἔπωto say 1
- ἴδιοςone’s own 1
- ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἄξιοςworthy 1
- φαῦλοςmean 1
What it doesIt is the subject
19 occurrences in 19 groups
- Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (20) 20
What is done to itIt is the object
26 occurrences in 21 groups
- διακρίνωto doubt, to distinguish 3
- Other words · 20 groups that occur once or twice (23) 23
It is given or told toIndirect object
16 occurrences in 8 groups
- ἔπωto say 6
- λέγωto say 3
- λαλέωto speak 2
- διηγέομαιto inform 1
- ἐκλαλέωto tell 1
- ἐπιτίθημιto lay on, to put on 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 8
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- χρείαneed 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- אַל ʼal · H408 · not, do not
- אַל (ʼal, H408) is a prohibitive particle used in negative commands and warnings ('do not'), while μηδείς (mēdeís, G3367) is a negative pronoun meaning 'not even one/no one/nothing'; both express strong negation, with אַל (ʼal, H408) serving as the Hebrew negative particle that LXX translators rendered with Greek negative pronouns like μηδείς in contexts where the prohibition implies 'let no one' or 'nothing.'
- מְאוּמָה mᵉʼûwmâh · H3972 · something, anything, something, anything
- Hebrew מְאוּמָה (mᵉʼûwmâh, H3972) expresses absolute negation in the semantic domain of 'thing/anything' ('no-thing'), while Greek μηδείς (mēdeís, G3367) extends the same absolute negation across the full grammatical range of person/gender/thing ('not even one' of any category); both function as comprehensive negators in their respective languages, with מְאוּמָה (mᵉʼûwmâh, H3972) specialized to the neuter/inanimate domain that μηδείς (mēdeís, G3367) covers in its neuter form μηδέν.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- No one, none, nothing92.23
- This sense denotes the complete absence of any person or thing. After healing the leper, Jesus tells him in Matthew 8:4, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest.”
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μηδεμία, μηδέν (and μηθέν, Acts 27:33 L T Tr WH — a form not infrequent from Aristotle…
b. μηδείς with the optative: once in the N. T., Mk 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, Mt 8:4; Mt 17:9; accusative, Lk 3:14; Lk 10:4; μηδέν (accusative), Acts 16:28; κατά μηδένα τρόπον, 2 Thess 2:3.
d. with the particles ἵνα and ὅπως (see μή, I. 3): with ἵνα, Mt 16:20; Mk 5:43; Mk 6:8; Mk 7:36 Mk 9:9: Tit 3:13; Rev 3:11; with ὅπως, Acts 8:24.
e. with an infinitive; α. with one that depends on another verb: — as on παραγγέλλω, Lk 8:56; Lk 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 Cor 13:7; βούλομαι (accusative with an infinitive), 1 Tim 5:14; ὑπομιμνῄσκω τινα, Tit 3:2, etc.; παρακαλῶ τινα followed by τό μή with the accusative and infinitive, 1 Thess 3:3 L (stereotype edition) T Tr WH. β. with an infinitive depending on διά τό: Acts 28:18; Heb 10:2.
f. with a participle (see μή, I. 5); in the dative, Acts 11:19; Rom 12:17; accusative μηδένα, Jn 8:10; Acts 9:7; μηδέν, Acts 4:21; Acts 27:33; 1 Cor 10:25, 1 Cor 10:27; 2 Cor 6:10; 2 Thess 3:11; 1 Tim 6:4; Tit 2:8; Jas 1:6; 3 Jn 1:7; μηδεμίαν προσκοπήν, 2 Cor 6:3; μηδεμίαν πτόησιν, 1 Pet 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, Rev 2:10 (R G T WH marginal reading); ἐς μηδενί, in nothing, 1 Cor 1:7 (but χαρίσματι is expressed here); 2 Cor. ( (see h. below)); ; Phm 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: 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, Lk 4:35 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 483 (450)); ὠφελεῖσθαι, Mk 5:26; ὑστέρειν, 2 Cor 11:5; μέριμναν, Phm 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, Mk 11:14; Acts 4:17; μηδενί μηδέν, Mk 1:44 (L omits; Tr brackets μηδέν); Rom 13:8; μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενί, 2 Cor 6:3; μή... ἐν μηδενί, Phm 1:28; μή... μηδέν, 2 Cor 13:7; μή... μηδεμίαν, 1 Pet 3:6; μή τίς... κατά μηδένα τρόπον, 2 Thess 2:3.
G3367 — μηθέν
, see μηδείς.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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