μηδείς,
μηδεμία,
μηδέν (and
μηθέν,
Acts 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,
1 Corinthians 3:18,
21;
1 Corinthians 10:24;
Galatians 6:17;
Ephesians 5:6;
Colossians 2:18;
1 Timothy 4:12;
Titus 2:15;
James 1:13;
1 John 3:7; neuter
μηδέν, namely,
ἔστω (
A. V. have thou nothing to do with etc.),
Matthew 27:19;
μηδείς in the dative or the accusative depending on the imperative,
Romans 13:8;
1 Timothy 5:22;
μηδέν (accusative),
Luke 3:13;
Luke 9:3;
μηδέν φοβοῦ,
Revelation 2:10 (here
L Tr WH text
μή).
b. μηδείς with the optative: once in the N. T.,
Mark 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,
Matthew 8:4;
Matthew 17:9; accusative,
Luke 3:14;
Luke 10:4;
μηδέν (accusative),
Acts 16:28;
κατά μηδένα τρόπον,
2 Thessalonians 2:3.
d. with the particles
ἵνα and
ὅπως (see
μή, I. 3): with
ἵνα,
Matthew 16:20;
Mark 5:43;
Mark 6:8;
Mark 7:36 9:9:
Titus 3:13;
Revelation 3:11; with
ὅπως,
Acts 8:24.
e. with an infinitive;
α. with one that depends on another verb: — as on
παραγγέλλω,
Luke 8:56;
Luke 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 Corinthians 13:7;
βούλομαι (accusative with an infinitive),
1 Timothy 5:14;
ὑπομιμνῄσκω τινα,
Titus 3:2, etc.;
παρακαλῶ τινα followed by
τό μή with the accusative and infinitive,
1 Thessalonians 3:3 L (stereotype edition)
T Tr WH.
β. with an infinitive depending on
διά τό:
Acts 28:18;
Hebrews 10:2.
f. with a participle (see
μή, I. 5); in the dative,
Acts 11:19;
Romans 12:17; accusative
μηδένα,
John 8:10;
Acts 9:7;
μηδέν,
Acts 4:21;
Acts 27:33;
1 Corinthians 10:25,
27;
2 Corinthians 6:10;
2 Thessalonians 3:11;
1 Timothy 6:4;
Titus 2:8;
James 1:6;
3 John 1:7;
μηδεμίαν προσκοπήν,
2 Corinthians 6:3;
μηδεμίαν πτόησιν,
1 Peter 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,
Revelation 2:10 (
R G T WH marginal reading);
ἐς μηδενί,
in nothing, 1 Corinthians 1:7 (but
χαρίσματι is expressed here); 2 Cor. (
2 Corinthians 6:3 (see h. below));
2 Corinthians 7:9;
Philippians 1:28;
James 1:4.
μηδέν εἶναι, to be nothing i. e. of no account opposed to
εἶναι τί,
Galatians 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,
Luke 4:35 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 483 (450));
ὠφελεῖσθαι,
Mark 5:26;
ὑστέρειν,
2 Corinthians 11:5;
μέριμναν,
Philippians 4:6.
h. examples of a double negation, by which the denial is strengthened, where in Latin
quisquam follows a negation (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 55, 9 b.):
μηκέτι μηδείς,
Mark 11:14;
Acts 4:17;
μηδενί μηδέν,
Mark 1:44 (
L omits;
Tr brackets
μηδέν);
Romans 13:8;
μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενί,
2 Corinthians 6:3;
μή...
ἐν μηδενί,
Philippians 1:28;
μή...
μηδέν,
2 Corinthians 13:7;
μή...
μηδεμίαν,
1 Peter 3:6;
μή τίς...
κατά μηδένα τρόπον,
2 Thessalonians 2:3.
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