ΜΗΔΕΝʼ, μηδενʼ
MĒDENʼ, mēdenʼ
Sounds Like: may-DEN
Translations: nothing, no one, none, not at all, no, zero, 14
From the root: ΜΗΔΕΙΣ
Part of Speech: Pronoun, Adjective, Numeral
Explanation: This word primarily means 'nothing' or 'no one' and is the neuter form of the pronoun/adjective 'μηδείς'. It is used to express absolute negation, often in prohibitions or commands, indicating that something should not exist or be done at all. The trailing apostrophe (ʼ) indicates either an elision (coronis) or a numerical value (keraia). In this case, it is most likely an elision of the final nu (ν) before a vowel, or it could represent the number 14 (iota-delta, with the keraia indicating it's a number). Given the context of ancient texts, the elision is more common, but the numerical possibility should be noted.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative. The trailing apostrophe indicates elision of the final nu (ν) before a word beginning with a vowel, or it can function as a keraia indicating the number 14.
Strong’s number: G3367 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 4:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΔΕΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΝΙΜΕ — no one, nothing, indeed, on the one hand
- ΘΑΙΜΗΔΕΝ — nothing, no one, no, not even one
- ΜΗΔΕΜΙΑ — no one, nothing, not any, no
- ΜΗΔΕΜΙΑΝ — no, not one, none, not any, (not) a single
- ΜΗΔΕΜΙΑΣ — of no one, of nothing, of no, of not any
- ΜΗΔΕΜΙΑΣΤΩΝ — of not even one of the, of none of the
- ΜΗΔΕΝ — nothing, no one, none, not even one
- ΜΗΔΕΝΑ — no one, nobody, nothing, any, not any, none
- ΜΗΔΕΝΕἸΣ — no one, nobody, nothing, not one, not a single one
- ΜΗΔΕΝΕΣ — no one, none, nothing, no
- ΜΗΔΕΝΙ — to no one, to nothing, for no one, for nothing, by no one, by nothing, with no one, with nothing, in no one, in nothing
- ΜΗΔΕΝΙΜΕΝ — to no one, to nothing, by no means, not at all
- ΜΗΔΕΝΟΣ — of no one, of nothing, of any, of anything
- ΜΗΘΕΙΣ — no one, nothing, none, no
- ΜΗΘΕΝ — nothing, anything, no one, anyone
- ΜΗΘΕΝΑ — no one, nobody, nothing, any, anything
- ΜΗΘΕΝΙ — to no one, to nothing, by no means
- ΜΗΘΕΝΟΣ — of no one, of nothing, of none, of anything
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