mēdeis · no one, nothing

What it means

mēdeis (μηδείς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “no one, nothing”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. That there is not a single person or a single thing.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

No one, nothing, none: the negation of a person or a thing, in sentences of command, wish or condition. It is the form of οὐδείς used with those verbs.

• “Tell no one” Matthew 8:4Matthew 17:9
• “Take nothing for the journey” Luke 9:3
• “Owe no one anything” Romans 13:8
• “Expecting nothing in return”; “about nothing” Luke 6:35Philippians 4:6

How we translate it

“No one” 34 times, “nothing” 28, “no” 14, “any” 5, “anything” 3. It is translated as the English sentence asks; after a negation it becomes “any” or “anything” (“Owe no one anything”, Romans 13:8), and twice it melts into a phrase (“without hesitating at all”).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• no one ×34
• nothing ×28
• no ×14
• any ×5
• anything ×3
• anyone ×2
• without hesitating at all ×2
• Do not ×1
• all ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 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

• Matthew 8:4

  And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Matthew 9:30

  And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows about it.”

• Matthew 16:20

  Then he ordered the disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah.

• Matthew 17:9

  And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell no one the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

• Matthew 27:19

  And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Let there be nothing between you and that righteous man; for I have suffered much today in a dream because of him.”

• Mark 1:44

  and says to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Mark 5:26

  and who had suffered much under many doctors, and had spent all that she had, and had not been helped at all, but rather had grown worse,

• Mark 5:43

  And he gave them strict orders that no one should know this, and he told them to give her something to eat.

• Mark 6:8

  And he instructed them that they should take nothing for the journey except a staff only; no bread, no bag, no copper coins in their belts,

• Mark 7:36

  And he ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more they proclaimed it.

• Mark 8:30

  And he warned them to tell no one about him.

• Mark 9:9

  And as they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

• Mark 11:14

  And he responded and said to it, “May no one ever again eat fruit from you.” And his disciples were listening.

• Luke 3:13

  And he said to them, “Collect nothing more than what has been prescribed for you.”

• Luke 3:14

  And soldiers also were asking him, saying, “And we, what should we do?” And he said to them, “Extort money from no one and do not accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.”

• Luke 4:35

  And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the middle, it came out of him, doing him no harm.

• Luke 5:14

  And he ordered him to tell no one: “But go, show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Luke 6:35

  Rather, love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

• Luke 8:56

  And her parents were astonished; but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

• Luke 9:3

  And he said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither staff nor bag nor bread nor money, nor have two tunics apiece.

• Luke 9:21

  But he warned them and commanded them to tell this to no one,

• Luke 10:4

  Do not carry a money bag, nor a bag, nor sandals; and greet no one on the road.

• Acts 4:17

  But so that it may not spread further among the people, let us warn them no longer to speak in this name to any person.”

• Acts 4:21

  And they, after threatening them further, released them, finding nothing as to how they might punish them, because of the people, for all were glorifying God for what had happened.

• Acts 8:24

  And Simon answered and said, “You pray for me to the Lord, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

• Acts 9:7

  And the men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.

• Acts 10:20

  But get up, go down, and go with them without hesitating at all, because I have sent them.”

• Acts 10:28

  And he said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner; but to me God showed that I should call no person profane or unclean.

• Acts 11:12

  And the Spirit told me to go with them, without hesitating at all. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man’s house.

• Acts 11:19

  So those who had been scattered because of the affliction that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except only Jews.

• Acts 13:28

  And though they found no cause for death, they asked Pilate that he be executed.

• Acts 15:28

  For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these necessary things:

• Acts 16:28

  But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!”

• Acts 19:36

  Since then these things are undeniable, it is necessary for you to be calm and to do nothing rash.

• Acts 19:40

  For indeed we are in danger of being charged with rioting over today’s events, since there is no cause for it, about which we will not be able to give an account for this commotion.” And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

• Acts 23:14

  they, going to the chief priests and the elders, said, “We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

• Acts 23:22

  So the commander dismissed the young man, ordering him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

• Acts 23:29

  I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but having no charge deserving death or chains.

• Acts 24:23

  And he ordered the centurion that he be kept in custody and have some freedom, and not to prevent anyone of his own people from serving him.

• Acts 25:17

  So when they had come together here, without making any delay, on the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

And 50 more times.