Strong G3322μεσόω

be in the middle

Transliteration
mesoō
Pronunciation
mes-o'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3319; to form the middle that is (in point of time) to be half way over: - be about the midst.

Detailed definition

μεσόω, -ῶ
(μέσός), [in LXX: μεσούσης τ. νυκός, Exo.12:29 (חֵצִי), etc.;]
to be in the middle, esp. of time: τ. ἑορτῆς μεσούσης, in the middle of the feast, Jhn.7:14.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3322 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • midst1

First verses

  1. John 7:14
    Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μεσόω,
(μέσος) to be in or at the middle, τόδ᾽ ἴσθι, μηδέπω μεσοῦν κακόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 435; ἐν ἀρχῇ πῆμα κοὐδέπω μεσσῖ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 60; ἐπειδὴ τὸ δρᾶμα ἤδη μεσοίη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 924)]; especially of Time, μεσοῦσα ἡμέρη midday, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104)]; θέρους μεσοῦντος in midssummer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.57; ἐν [ἐνιαυτῷ] μεσοῦντι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.24)]; πρὸς ἥλιον μεσοῦντα to wards midday, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.4.8; μεσούντων τῶν ζῳδίων 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 2.3.19.)]
2 with genitive, to be in the middle of, τῆς ἀναβάσιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.181; τὰ δὲ καὶ μεσοῦν τούτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618b)]; μεσοῦντα τῆς ἀρχῆς in the middle of his time of office, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Scholia 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.12)]: and with participle, μεσοῦν δειπνοῦντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175c.)]