G3365: μηδαμῶς (mēdamōs)

G3365 μηδαμῶς (mēdamōs)

Greek

Quick Definition

μηδαμῶς Neg.adv. by no means, not at all

Strong's Definition

adverb from a compound of 3361 and amos (somebody); by no means

KJV Usage: not so

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μηδαμῶς (G3365)

advb. | μή + δέ + ἐγώ

69.6 · Affirmation, Negation · Negation

no indeed, by no means, most certainly not a marker of strongly emphatic negation

ACT 10:14 · ACT 11:8

¹ ACT 10:14 μηδαμῶς rather than οὐδαμῶς occurs in ACT 10:14 since this would be a correct response to a previous imperative form.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μηδαμῶς, (adv. ἔτ. μηδαμός, and this fr. μηδέ, and ἀμός some one [perh. allied w. ἅμα, q. v.]), [fr. Aeschyl., Hdt. down], by no means, not at all: sc. τοῦτο γένοιτο, in replies after an impy. [A. V. Not so], Acts x. 14; xi. 8. (Sept. for τ) 11.) ει

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μηδαμῶς mēdamōs 2x

by no means, Acts 10:14; 11:8*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μηδαμῶς

(= μηδαμῆ, -δαμά, adv. fr. μηδαμός = μηδείς), [in LXX chiefly for הָלִלָה, הָלילָה;]

by no means, not at all. μ., Κύριε (sc. τοῦτο γένοιτο), Ac 10:14 11:8.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μηδαμῶς. P Par 158 (B.C. 120) μηδαμῶς δυναμένου ἐπιδεῖξαι καθόλου τινὰ τῶν ἑαυ[τοῦ] γονέων, P Tor I. τ}. 58. (B.c. 116) τὰ μηδαμῶς ἀνήκοντα πρὸς τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν κρίσιν, P Oxy VI. gor (A.D. 336) μηδαμῶς ἀδικηθεὶϊ5] ὑπὸ τῶν χύρ[ων (1. χοίρ--), and P Strass I. 40%4 (A.D. 569) μ[η]δαμῷ[ς] ἀποστῆναι τῆς δουλικῆς α[ὐ]τοῦ προστασίας. On the relation of μηδαμῶς and οὐδαμῶς, see Mayser Gr. p. 182.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μηδαμῶς (mēdamōs) — surely not. μηδᾰμ-ῶς, adverb of μηδαμός, ={μηδαμῇ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in replies, as a strong negative, [Refs 4th c.BC+]