adverb

mēdamōs

Greekμηδαμῶς (mēdamōs)

Strong’sG3365

by no means, not at all

stem mēdamō-2 times in the New Testament

Translated as

by no means2×

What it means

μηδαμῶς

(= μηδαμῆ, -δαμά, adv. fr. μηδαμός = μηδείς), [in LXX chiefly for הָלִלָה, הָלילָה;]

by no means, not at all. μ., Κύριε (sc. τοῦτο γένοιτο), Ac 10:14 11:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3365 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmay-dam-oce'

by no means

Fromadverb from a compound of G3361 and ἀμός (somebody);

King Jamesnot so.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

Mēdamōs2×

Acts 10:14“by no means”tos de Petros legata; Mēdamōs, kurior, hoti oudepote esthiama pantem koinem kai akathartem.“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

Acts 11:8“by no means”legama de; Mēdamōs, kurior, hoti koinem ē akathartem oudepote eiserchata eis tem stomem mu.‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’