Strong G3316μεσίτης
mediator
- Transliteration
- mesitēs
- Pronunciation
- mes-ee'-tace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G3319; a go between that is (simply) an internunciator or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor): - mediator.
Detailed definition
μεσίτης, -ου, ὁ
(μέσος), [in LXX: Job.9:33 (בֵּין)*;]
an arbitrator, mediator: Gal.3:19; with dupl. genitive of person(s), θεοῦ κ. ἀνθρώπων, 1Ti.2:5; with genitive of thing(s), διαθήκης, Heb.8:6 9:15 12:24; ὁ δε μ. ἑνὸς οὐκ ἔστιν, Gal.3:20 (see Lft., in l; and for exx. of this word in π., see MM, xvi).†
(AS)
(μέσος), [in LXX: Job.9:33 (בֵּין)*;]
an arbitrator, mediator: Gal.3:19; with dupl. genitive of person(s), θεοῦ κ. ἀνθρώπων, 1Ti.2:5; with genitive of thing(s), διαθήκης, Heb.8:6 9:15 12:24; ὁ δε μ. ἑνὸς οὐκ ἔστιν, Gal.3:20 (see Lft., in l; and for exx. of this word in π., see MM, xvi).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3316 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mediator6
First verses
- Galatians 3:19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- Galatians 3:20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
- 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
- Hebrews 8:6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- Hebrews 9:15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
- Hebrews 12:24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μεσῑτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
mediator, umpire, arbitrator, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (PLille 28.11 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.17.8 (_plural_), NT.Gal.3.19, etc.; τῶν ὁμολογιῶν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.54; θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων NT.1Tim.2.5)]; stakeholder, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PStrassb. 1.41.14 (3rd c.AD).)]
2 feminine μεσῖτις, ιδος, φιλίας μεσῖτιν τράπεζαν παραθέμενοι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 27; φιλίας μ. ἡδονή [prev. work] 54.)]
II in a middle position, of a limb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).861.)]
mediator, umpire, arbitrator, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (PLille 28.11 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.17.8 (_plural_), NT.Gal.3.19, etc.; τῶν ὁμολογιῶν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.54; θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων NT.1Tim.2.5)]; stakeholder, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PStrassb. 1.41.14 (3rd c.AD).)]
2 feminine μεσῖτις, ιδος, φιλίας μεσῖτιν τράπεζαν παραθέμενοι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 27; φιλίας μ. ἡδονή [prev. work] 54.)]
II in a middle position, of a limb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).861.)]