What does μηδείς (mēdeís) mean in the Bible?
μηδείς (mēdeís) is a Greek word meaning "not even one (man, woman, thing)".
Greek · G3367
μηδείς
Not even one (man, woman, thing)
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μηδείς G3367
Pronunciation mēdeís
What does μηδείς (mēdeís) mean in the Bible?
μηδείς (mēdeís) is a Greek word meaning "not even one (man, woman, thing)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3367?
The BSB source-word alignment has 90 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (17), nothing (13), no (7), no one (7), [anyone] (6).
Where does μηδείς (mēdeís) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (22), Luke (9), Mark (9), 1 Corinthians (6).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 17× Matthew 8:4, Matthew 16:20, Matthew 17:9, Mark 1:44
nothing 13× Mark 6:8, Luke 9:3, Acts 8:24, Acts 25:25
no 7× Luke 3:13, Acts 13:28, Acts 19:40, Acts 23:29
no one 7× Matthew 9:30, Mark 5:43, 1 Corinthians 10:24, Colossians 2:4
[anyone] 6× Mark 1:44, Luke 5:14, Luke 8:56, Luke 10:4
{Let} no one 6× 1 Corinthians 3:18, Galatians 6:17, Ephesians 5:6, 1 Timothy 4:12
without 6× Luke 4:35, Acts 10:20, Acts 11:12, 1 Corinthians 10:25
[anything] 3× Acts 23:14, 2 Corinthians 13:7, James 1:4
not 3× Acts 15:28, Acts 16:28, Acts 25:17
vvv 3× Acts 10:28, Acts 19:36, Acts 24:23
[any way] 2× 2 Corinthians 7:9, Philippians 1:28
[any] 2× 1 Corinthians 1:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:3
[anyone’s] {way} 1× 2 Corinthians 6:3
[Do not let anyone] 1× Colossians 2:18
[Do] nothing 1× Philippians 2:3
[on anyone] 1× 1 Thessalonians 4:12
{Do} not 1× Revelation 2:10
{May} no one 1× Mark 11:14
Have nothing to do with 1× Matthew 27:19
in no way 1× 2 Corinthians 11:5
none [of you] 1× 1 Thessalonians 3:3
only 1× Acts 11:19
stop 1× 1 Corinthians 3:21
to 1× Acts 4:17
to [anyone] 1× Luke 9:21
to no 1× Mark 5:26
to no one 1× Romans 13:8
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 8:4 μηδενὶ to . . . Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Matthew 9:30 μηδεὶς to no one Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 16:20 μηδενὶ to . . . Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Matthew 17:9 Μηδενὶ to . . . Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Matthew 27:19 Μηδὲν to Have nothing to do with Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Mark 1:44 μηδενὶ to . . . Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Mark 1:44 μηδὲν to [anyone] Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Mark 5:26 μηδὲν to to no Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Mark 5:43 μηδεὶς to no one Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 6:8 μηδὲν to nothing Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:4
Aligned rows 90
Books represented 21
Matthew 5 Mark 9 Luke 9 Acts 22 Romans 3 1 Corinthians 6 2 Corinthians 6 Galatians 2 Ephesians 1 Philippians 3 Colossians 2 1 Thessalonians 2 2 Thessalonians 2 1 Timothy 5 Titus 4 Hebrews 1 James 3 1 Peter 1 1 John 1 3 John 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
μηδὲν 28x mēden Mark 1:44, Mark 5:26, Mark 6:8, Luke 4:35
μηδενὶ 18x mēdeni Matthew 8:4, Matthew 16:20, Mark 1:44, Mark 7:36
μηδεὶς 10x mēdeis Matthew 9:30, Mark 5:43, Mark 11:14, 1 Corinthians 3:21
μηδένα 7x mēdena Luke 10:4, Acts 9:7, Acts 10:28, Acts 24:23
μηδεμίαν 6x mēdemian Acts 13:28, Acts 25:17, Acts 28:18, 1 Timothy 5:14
Μηδὲν 5x Mēden Matthew 27:19, Luke 3:13, Luke 9:3, Acts 16:28
Μηδεὶς 3x Mēdeis 1 Corinthians 3:18, Ephesians 5:6, James 1:13
Μηδενὶ 3x Mēdeni Matthew 17:9, Acts 23:22, Romans 13:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 32x Mark 1:44, Mark 5:26, Mark 6:8, Luke 3:13
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular 17x Matthew 8:4, Matthew 16:20, Matthew 17:9, Mark 1:44
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 15x Matthew 9:30, Mark 5:43, Mark 11:14, 1 Corinthians 3:18
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 8x Luke 3:14, Luke 10:4, Acts 9:7, Acts 10:28
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 7x Acts 13:28, Acts 25:17, Acts 28:18, 2 Corinthians 6:3
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular 4x 1 Corinthians 1:7, 2 Corinthians 7:9, Philippians 1:28, James 1:4
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 4x Matthew 27:19, Acts 8:24, Galatians 6:3, Titus 3:13
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular 3x Acts 19:40, Acts 23:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. not even one (man, woman, thing)
Strong's G3367
Lexical occurrences 90 verses Greek text appearances 91 times 16 shown below Word forms 8 forms 90 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
not even one (man, woman, thing)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 91 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:4 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
μηδενὶ mhdeni
no one, nothing
Read verse Matthew 9:30 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
μηδεὶς mhdeiv
no one, nothing
Read verse Matthew 16:20 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
μηδενὶ mhdeni
no one, nothing
Read verse Matthew 17:9 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
Μηδενὶ mhdeni
no one, nothing
Read verse Matthew 27:19 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
Μηδέν mhden
no one, nothing
Read verse Mark 1:44 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
μηδενὶ mhdeni
no one, nothing
Read verse Mark 1:44 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
μηδὲν mhden
no one, nothing
Read verse Mark 5:26 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
μηδὲν mhden
no one, nothing
Read verse Mark 5:43 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
μηδεὶς mhdeiv
no one, nothing
Read verse Mark 6:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
μηδὲν mhden
no one, nothing
Read verse Mark 7:36 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
μηδενὶ mhdeni
no one, nothing
Read verse Mark 8:30 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
μηδενὶ mhdeni
no one, nothing
Read verse Mark 9:9 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
μηδενὶ mhdeni
no one, nothing
Read verse Mark 11:14 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
μηδεὶς mhdeiv
no one, nothing
Read verse Luke 3:13 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
Μηδὲν mhden
no one, nothing
Read verse Luke 3:14 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
Μηδένα mhdena
no one, nothing
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 90 Case pattern Accusative (47) Number pattern Singular (90)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:30 · Mark 5:43 · Mark 11:14 · 1 Cor 3:18 · 1 Cor 3:21 · 1 Cor 10:24 · Gal 6:17 · Eph 5:6 · Col 2:4 · Col 2:18 · 1 Tim 4:12 · Titus 2:15 · Jas 1:13 · 1 John 3:7 · Rev 3:11 15×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 27:19 · Acts 8:24 · Gal 6:3 · Titus 3:13 4×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 19:40 · Acts 23:14 · 1 Thess 4:12 3×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:4 · Matt 16:20 · Matt 17:9 · Mark 1:44 · Mark 7:36 · Mark 8:30 · Mark 9:9 · Luke 5:14 · Luke 8:56 · Luke 9:21 · Acts 4:17 · Acts 11:19 · Acts 23:22 · Rom 12:17 · Rom 13:8 · 2 Cor 6:3 17×
Dative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 1:7 · 2 Cor 7:9 · Phil 1:28 · Jas 1:4 4×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 1:44 · Mark 5:26 · Mark 6:8 · Luke 3:13 · Luke 4:35 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 9:3 · Acts 4:21 · Acts 10:20 · Acts 11:12 · Acts 15:28 · Acts 16:28 · Acts 19:36 · Acts 23:29 · Acts 25:25 · Acts 27:33 32×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 3:14 · Luke 10:4 · Acts 9:7 · Acts 10:28 · Acts 24:23 · 1 Thess 3:3 · 2 Thess 2:3 · Titus 3:2 8×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 13:28 · Acts 25:17 · Acts 28:18 · 2 Cor 6:3 · 1 Tim 5:14 · Heb 10:2 · 1 Pet 3:6 7×
Word Origins
μηδείς is built from these roots:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain