μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν (and μηθέν, Acts xxvii. 33 LT Tr WH, —a form not infreq. fr. Aristot. on [found as early as B.C. 378, ef. Meisterhans, Gr. d. Att. Inschr. p. 73]; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 181sq.; W. § 5, 1d. 11; [B. 28 (25)]; Kiihner § 187, 1 vol. i. 487 sq.), (fr. μηδέ and εἷς), [fr. Hom. down]; it is used either in connection with a noun, no, none, or absolutely, no one, not one, no man, neut. nothing, and in the same constructions as μή; accordingly a. with an imperative: μηδείς being the person to whom something is forbidden, 1 Co. iii. 18, 21; x. 24; Gal. vi.17; Eph. v. 6; Col. ii. 18; 1 Tim. iv.12; Tit. ii.15; Jas.i.13; 1Jn.iii.7; neut. μηδέν, 50. ἔστω [A. V. have thou nothing to do with etc.], Mt. xxvii. 19; μηδείς in the dat. or the acc. depending on the impv., Ro. xiii. 8; 1 Tim. v. 22; μηδέν (accusative), Lk. iii. 13; ix.3; μ. φοβοῦ, Rev. ii. 10 [here L Tr WH txt. μή]. b. μηδείς with the optative: once in the N. T., Mk. xi. 14 (where Rec. οὐδείς) [cf. W. 476 (443)]. c. with the 2 pers. of the aor. subjunc., the μηδείς depending on the verb; as, μηδενὶ εἴπῃς, Mt. viii.4; xvii. 9; aceus., Lk. iii. 14; x. 4; μηδέν (ace.), Acts Xvi. 28; κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον, 2 Th. ii. 3. d. with the particles ἵνα and ὅπως (see μή, I. 3): with ἕνα, Mt. xvi. 20; Mk. v. 43; vi. 8; vii. 36; ix.9; Tit. iii. 13; Rev. iii. 11; with ὅπως, Acts viii. 24. e. with an infinitive; a. with one that depends on another verb: — as on παραγγέλλω, Lk. viii. 56; ix. 21; Acts xxiii. 22; δείκνυμι. Acts x. 28; διατάσσομαι, Acts xxiv. 23; dvaθεματίζω ἐμαυτόν, Acts xxiii. 14; κρίνω (ace. w. inf.), Acts xxi. 25 Rec.; εὔχομαι, 2 Co. xiii. 7; βούλομαι (ace. w. inf.), 1 Tim. v.14; ὑπομιμνήσκω τινά, Tit. iii. 2, ete.; παρακαλῶ τινα foll. by τὸ μή w. ace. and inf., 1 Th. iii. 3 L (ed. ster.) T Tr WH. B. with an inf. depending on διὰ τό: Acts xxviii. 18; Heb. x. 2. f. with a participle (see μή, I. 5); in dat., Acts xi. 19; Ro. xii. 17; accus. μηδένα, Jn. viii. 10; Acts ix. 7; μηδέν, Acts iv. 21; xxvii. 33; 1 Co. x. 25,27; 2Co. vi. 10; 2 Th. iii. 11; 1 Tim. vi. 4; Tit. ii. 8; Jas.i.6; 8 ὅπ. 7; μηδεμίαν προσκοπήν, 2 Co. vi. 3; μηδεμίαν πτόησιν, 1 Pet. 111. 6; μηδεμίαν αἰτίαν, Acts xxviii. 18; ἀναβολὴν μηδ. xxv. 17. gnoteworthy are — μηδείς with a gen., Acts iv. 17; xxiv. 23; μηδέν se. τούτων, Rev. ii. 10 [RG TWH amrg.]; ἐν

μηδείς mēdeis 90x

not one, none, no one, Mt. 8:4

μηδείς, -δεμία, -δέν

(and -θέν, Ac 27:33, a Hellenistic form; v. Bl., § 6, 7; Thackeray, Gr., 58), related to οὐδείς as μή to οὐ,

no, none, no one; neut., nothing: Mt 16:20, Mk 5:43 6:8, Lk 3:14, Ac 8:24, Ro 13:8, al.; c. gen., Ac 4:17 24:23; neut. acc., μηδέν, adverbially, in no respect, Ac 10:20 11:12; as acc. obj. after verb, βλάπτειν, Lk 4:35; ὠφελεῖσθαι, Mk 5:26; ὑστερεῖν, II Co 11:5; μεριμνᾶν, Phl 4:6; in double negation, strengthening the denial, μηκέτι μ., Mk 11:14, Ac 4:17; μὴ . . . μηδέν (μηδένα, μηδεμίαν), II Co 13:7, II Th 2:3, I Pe 3:6.

μηδείς. According to Thumb ( 7ε]16᾽1. p. 14) the forms μηθείς and οὐθείς appear in the whole Greek world from iv/B.c., and are in wide use at the beginning of the Christian Era, after which they gradually disappear, without leaving any trace in | B Lond’ 42%* (gic: MGr. Weare prepared, therefore, to find that the forms in θ are more frequent in the LXX than in the NT, where there are only a few examples of οὐθείς (principally in the Lucan writings), and only one of μηθείς, namely Ac 2733 according to NBA. A few exx. of μηθείς from the papyri will suffice—P Petr II. 11(1)® (mid. iii/B.c.) (= Selections, p- 7) εἰ δυνατόν ἐστιν kal μηθέν σε τῶν ἔργων κωλύει, ΚΕ it is possible and none of your work hinders you,’’ Part V.

μηδείς (mēdeis) — nothing. μηδείς, μηδεμίᾰ, μηδέν (i.e. μηδὲ εἷς, μηδὲ μία, μηδὲ ἕν): feminine μηδὲ ἴα or μηδεΐα (or -έϊα) [Refs]:— not one, not even one, nobody (in neuter nothing), once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. μηδὲ εἷς (so written) is found in Attic dialect Inscrr., as [Refs]not even one, μηδὲ ἕν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with an intervening Particle or preposition, μηδ᾽ ἂν ἕνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἑνός, μηδ᾽ ὑπὸ μιᾶς, [Refs]

II. nobody, naught, good for naught, κἄμ᾽ ἴσον τῷ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδέν or τὸ μηδέν as substantive, naught, nothing, κεἰ τὸ μ. ἐξερῶ [Refs]; μ. λέγειν to say what is naught, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, τὸ μ. a good-for-nothing, τὸ μ. εἶναι, of a eunuch, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἧττον αὐτοῖς ἔνι ἢ τὸ μ., i.e. it is a mere impossibility, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also μ. εἶναι without the Article, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. neuter μηδέν as adverb, not at all, by no means, μηδὲν ἐγκέλευ᾽ ἄγαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with an adverb, μ. αἰνικτηρίως [Refs 5th c.BC+] — 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+]; compare μηθείς.