μηδείς

μηδείς — mēdeís

μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν (and μηθέν, Act 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, 1Co 3:18; 1Co 3:21; 1Co 10:24; Gal 6:17; Eph 5:6; Col 2:18; 1Ti 4:12; Tit 2:15; Jas 1:13; 1Jn 3:7; neuter μηδέν, namely, ἔστω (A. V. have thou nothing to do with etc.), Mat 27:19; μηδείς in the dative or the accusative depending on the imperative, Rom 13:8; 1Ti 5:22; μηδέν (accusative), Luk 3:13; Luk 9:3; μηδέν φοβοῦ, Rev 2:10 (here L Tr WH text μή).

b. μηδείς with the optative: once in the N. T., Mar 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, Mat 8:4; Mat 17:9; accusative, Luk 3:14; Luk 10:4; μηδέν (accusative), Act 16:28; κατά μηδένα τρόπον, 2Th 2:3.

d. with the particles ἵνα and ὅπως (see μή, I. 3): with ἵνα, Mat 16:20; Mar 5:43; Mar 6:8; Mark 7:36 9:9: Tit 3:13; Rev 3:11; with ὅπως, Act 8:24.

e. with an infinitive; α. with one that depends on another verb: — as on παραγγέλλω, Luk 8:56; Luk 9:21; Act 23:22; δεινυμι, Act 10:28; διατάσσομαι, Act 24:23; ἀναθεματίζω ἐμαυτόν, Act 23:14; κρίνω (accusative with an infinitive), Act 21:25 Rec.; εὔχομαι, 2Co 13:7; βούλομαι (accusative with an infinitive), 1Ti 5:14; ὑπομιμνῄσκω τινα, Tit 3:2, etc.; παρακαλῶ τινα followed by τό μή with the accusative and infinitive, 1Th 3:3 L (stereotype edition) T Tr WH. β. with an infinitive depending on διά τό: Act 28:18; Heb 10:2.

f. with a participle (see μή, I. 5); in the dative, Act 11:19; Rom 12:17; accusative μηδένα, Joh 8:10; Act 9:7; μηδέν, Act 4:21; Act 27:33; 1Co 10:25; 1Co 10:27; 2Co 6:10; 2Th 3:11; 1Ti 6:4; Tit 2:8; Jas 1:6; 3Jn 1:7; μηδεμίαν προσκοπήν, 2Co 6:3; μηδεμίαν πτόησιν, 1Pe 3:6; μηδεμίαν αἰτίαν, Act 28:18; ἀναβολήν μηδεμίαν, Act 25:17.

g. noteworthy are — μηδείς with a genitive, Act 4:17; Act 24:23; μηδέν namely, τούτων, Rev 2:10 (R G T WH marginal reading); ἐς μηδενί, in nothing, 1Co 1:7 (but χαρίσματι is expressed here); 2 Cor. ( (see h. below));; Php 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: Act 10:20; Act 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, Luk 4:35 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 483 (450)); ὠφελεῖσθαι, Mar 5:26; ὑστέρειν, 2Co 11:5; μέριμναν, Php 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, Mar 11:14; Act 4:17; μηδενί μηδέν, Mar 1:44 (L omits; Tr brackets μηδέν); Rom 13:8; μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενί, 2Co 6:3; μή... ἐν μηδενί, Php 1:28; μή... μηδέν, 2Co 13:7; μή... μηδεμίαν, 1Pe 3:6; μή τίς... κατά μηδένα τρόπον, 2Th 2:3.

STRONGS NT 3367: μηθένμηθέν, see μηδείς.

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