Strong G3367μηδείς

nothing

Transliteration
mēdeis mēdemia mēden
Pronunciation
may-dice' may -dem-ee'-ah may-den'
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

The masculine feminine irregular (second form) and neuter (third form) from G3361 and G1520; not even one (man woman thing): - any (man thing) no (man) none not (at all any man a whit) nothing + without delay.

Detailed definition

μηδείς, -δεμία, -δέν
(and -θέν, Act.27:33, a Hellenistic form; see Bl., 6, 7; Thackeray, Gr., 58)
related to οὐδείς as μή to οὐ,
no, none, no one; neut., nothing: Mat.16:20, Mrk.5:43 6:8, Luk.3:14, Act.8:24, Rom.13:8, al.; with genitive, Act.4:17 24:23; neut. accusative, μηδέν, adverbially, in no respect, Act.10:20 11:12; as accusative obj. after verb, βλάπτειν, Luk.4:35; ὠφελεῖσθαι, Mrk.5:26; ὑστερεῖν, 2Co.11:5; μεριμνᾶν, Php.4:6; in double negation, strengthening the denial, μηκέτι μ., Mrk.11:14, Act.4:17; μὴ... μηδέν (μηδένα, μηδεμίαν), 2Co.13:7, 2Th.2:3, 1Pe.3:6
μηθείς, see. μηδείς
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3367 appears in 88 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • man31
  • nothing27
  • no15
  • none5
  • not4
  • thing3
  • let2
  • any1
  • have1
  • to1
  • with1
  • without1

First verses

  1. Matthew 8:4
    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.
  2. Matthew 9:30
    And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
  3. Matthew 16:20
    Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
  4. Matthew 17:9
    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.
  5. Matthew 27:19
    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.
  6. Mark 1:44
    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.
  7. Mark 5:26
    And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
  8. Mark 5:43
    And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
  9. Mark 6:8
    And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
  10. Mark 7:36
    And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
  11. Mark 8:30
    And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
  12. Mark 9:9
    And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
  13. Mark 11:14
    And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
  14. Luke 3:13
    And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
  15. Luke 3:14
    And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
  16. Luke 4:35
    And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
  17. Luke 5:14
    And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
  18. Luke 6:35
    But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
  19. Luke 8:56
    And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
  20. Luke 9:3
    And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μηδείς, μηδεμίᾰ, μηδέν
(i.e. μηδὲ εἷς, μηδὲ μία, μηδὲ ἕν): feminine μηδὲ ἴα or μηδεΐα (or -έϊα) [Refs (“IG” 12(2).6.12 (Mytil.))]:— not one, not even one, nobody (in neuter nothing), once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (who elsewhere uses μή τις, see at {μήτις}), ἀναίνετο μηδὲν ἑλέσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.500; μή πως.. μηδὲν ἀνύσσῃς 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 395; μηδὲν ἄγαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 216, etc.: rare in _plural_ (μηδαμοί being used in _Ionic dialect_), μηδένες ἄλλοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.20; μηδένας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 303c.)]
2 μηδὲ εἷς (so written) is found in Attic dialect Inscrr., as [Refs (“IG” 12.114.41, 22.487.9 (μηδ᾽ hενί [prev. work]12.73.6), but is used especially in an emphatic sense,)]not even one, μηδὲ ἕν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 37)]: frequently with an intervening Particle or preposition, μηδ᾽ ἂν ἕνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 414d; μηδ᾽ ἐν ἑνὶ χρόνῳ [prev. author] “Prm.” 156c; μηδ᾽ ἐξ ἑνός [prev. author] “Phdr.” 245d; μηδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἑνί [prev. author] “R.” 553d; μηδὲ περὶ ἑνός [prev. author] “Tht.” 171c)]; μηδ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἑνός, μηδ᾽ ὑπὸ μιᾶς, [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 222d, Alcaeus1.122a; μηδὲ ὑφ᾽ ἑνός “IG” 12.32.8.)]
II nobody, naught, good for naught, κἄμ᾽ ἴσον τῷ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 918: _plural_, οὐ γὰρ ἠξίου τοὺς μηδένας [prev. author] “Aj.” 1114)]; μηδέν or τὸ μηδέν as substantive, naught, nothing, κεἰ τὸ μ. ἐξερῶ [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 234)]; μ. λέγειν to say what is naught, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.20, etc.; ἡ ἡμετέρη εὐδαιμονίη.. ἀπέρριπται ἐς τὸ μ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; τοῦ μηδενὸς ἀξίη [prev. author] 6.137; ἐπὶ μηδὲν ἔρχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1000; ἐς τὸ μ. ἥκειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 622)]; of persons, τὸ μ. a good-for-nothing, τὸ μ. εἶναι, of a eunuch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.106; τοιγὰρ σὺ δέξαι μ᾽ ἐς τὸ σὸν στέγος, τὴν μηδὲν ἐς τὸ μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1166; κἂν τὸ μ. ὦ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1107; τὸ μ. ὄντας [prev. author] “Aj.” 1275; ὁ μ. ὤν [prev. work] 767; ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ὢν τοῦ μηδὲν ἀντέστης ὕπερ [prev. work] 1231, compare 1094, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 843, etc.)]; ἧττον αὐτοῖς ἔνι ἢ τὸ μ., i.e. it is a mere impossibility, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180a)]; also μ. εἶναι without the Article, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 2.)]
III neuter μηδέν as adverb, not at all, by no means, μηδὲν ἐγκέλευ᾽ ἄγαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 72, compare 344; μ. διαφέρειν πλὴν ὀνόματι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 280a, etc.)]: with an adverb, μ. αἰνικτηρίως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 949: frequently with _comparative_, μ. μᾶλλον, ἧσσον, etc., 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 280, 1329, etc.)] — When other negatives, also derived from μή, are used with it, they do not destroy, but strengthen the negation, μηδέποτε μηδὲν αἰσχρὸν ποιήσας ἔλπιζε λήσειν never hope to escape, when you have done anything base. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.16)]; compare μηθείς.