μέσοςmésos
middle, in the middle or midst
Greek (New Testament) · G3319
Meanings
1. properly, as an adj.: Luke 23:45, John 19:18, Acts 1:18; with genitive plural, Luke 22:55, John 1:26; genitive temp. (Bl., § 36, 13), μέσης νυκτός, Matthew 25:6; μ. ἡμέρας, Acts 26:13.
2. In adverbial phrases, neuter, μέσον, τὸ μ., as as a noun: ἀνὰ μέσον, with genitive, between (classical Greek; in LXX: Genesis 1:4, and elsewhere), elliptically, 1 Corinthians 6:5; = ἐν μ., among, in the midst of (Bl., § 39, 2; 40, 8; cf. in LXX: Joshua 19:1, Sirach 27:2), Matthew 13:25, Mark 7:31, Revelation 7:17; διὰ μέσου, with genitive, Luke 4:30; διὰ μέσον (Rec. -ου, see Bl., § 42, 1), between, Luke 17:11 (ICC, in l.); εἰς τὸ μ. (see εἰς), Mark 3:3, Luke 4:35, Luke 5:19, Luke 6:8, John 20:19, John 20:26; εἰς μ., Mark 14:60; ἐν τῷ μ., Matthew 14:6; ἐν μ., Joshua 8:3, Joshua 8:9, Acts 4:7; c, genitive loc., Mark 6:47, Luke 21:21, Luke 22:55, Acts 17:22, Hebrews 2:12(LXX), Revelation 4:6, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 22:2. with genitive plural, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 18:2, Matthew 18:20, Mark 9:36, Luke 2:46, Luke 8:7, Luke 10:3, Luke 22:27, Luke 24:36, Acts 1:15, Acts 2:22, Acts 27:21, 1 Thessalonians 2:7, Revelation 1:13, Revelation 2:1, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 6:6; κατὰ μέσον τ. νυκτός, Acts 27:27 (Bl., § 47, 6); ἐκ τοῦ μ., Colossians 2:14; ἐκ μ., 2 Thessalonians 2:7; ἐκ τοῦ μ., with genitive, Matthew 13:49, Acts 17:33, Acts 23:10, 1 Corinthians 5:2, 2 Corinthians 6:17.
3. Neut., μέσον, adverbially, with genitive, in the midst of, Matthew 14:24, Philippians 2:15 (διὰ μέσου—see above—also John 8:50, R, margin).
Same root
- μετάmetá · G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between G575 (ἀπό) or G1537 (ἐκ) and G1519 (εἰς) or G4314 (πρός); less intimate than G1722 (ἐν) and less close than G4862 (σύν))
- μεσόωmesóō · G3322to form the middle, i.e. (in point of time), to be half-way over
- μεσουράνημαmesouránēma · G3321mid-sky
- ΜεσοποταμίαMesopotamía · G3318Mesopotamia (as lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris; compare 0763), a region of Asia
- μεσονύκτιονmesonýktion · G3317midnight (especially as a watch)
- μεσότοιχονmesótoichon · G3320a partition (figuratively)
- μεσίτηςmesítēs · G3316a go-between, i.e. (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor)
- μεσημβρίαmesēmbría · G3314midday; by implication, the south
Where it appears
Appears 56 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 10:16 “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
- Matthew 13:25 But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away.
- Matthew 13:49 That is the way it will be at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked people from the righteous,
- Matthew 14:6 But at a birthday party for Herod, Herodias’s daughter performed a dance that greatly pleased him,
- Matthew 18:2 Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them.
- Matthew 18:20 For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.”
See every passage
- Matthew 10:16, 13:25, 13:49, 14:6, 18:2, 18:20, 25:6
- Mark 3:3, 6:47, 7:31, 9:36, 14:60
- Luke 2:46, 4:30, 4:35, 5:19, 6:8, 8:7, 10:3, 17:11, 21:21, 22:27, 22:55, 23:45, 24:36
- John 1:26, 19:18, 20:19, 20:26
- Acts 1:15, 1:18, 2:22, 4:7, 17:22, 17:33, 23:10, 26:13, 27:21, 27:27
- 1 Corinthians 5:2, 6:5
- 2 Corinthians 6:17
- Philippians 2:15
- Colossians 2:14
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7
- 2 Thessalonians 2:7
- Hebrews 2:12
- Revelation 1:13, 2:1, 4:6, 5:6, 6:6, 7:17, 22:2
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.