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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