nothing
medeis is a negative adjective used to exclude any person or thing from an action, condition, or claim.
The term most often excludes a person from an action or address, as in commands that no person deceive, speak, or be told. Its neuter forms likewise negate a thing, whether an action is to be done, a reason is absent, or a need is lacking.
Senses in use
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No person included · dominant
Masculine and feminine singular forms identify no person as the one permitted, affected, or present in the clause. In Mark 1:44 the verse contains both a dative masculine form in the command to say nothing to anyone and a neuter form for what is not to be said; in 1 Corinthians 3:18 and 1 John 3:7, nominative masculine forms introduce warnings that no person deceive himself or the readers.
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No thing or action included · common
Neuter singular forms negate a thing, action, reason, or possession rather than a person. In Acts 16:28 the APB renders the command "Do no harm to yourself," while 1 Thessalonians 4:12 describes having need of nothing; Acts 19:40 states that there is no reason concerning the commotion.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the negative scope with expressions such as "no one," "nothing," "no harm," and "no reason." Because it is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses' negative exclusion without assigning each English expression mechanically to the term.