Strong G3342μεταξύ
between/meanwhile
- Transliteration
- metaxu
- Pronunciation
- met-ax-oo'
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
Detailed definition
μεταξύ
(μετά + ξύν = σύν), [in LXX: Gen.31:50, Jdg.5:27, III Ki 15:6; 3Ki.15:32, Wis.4:10 16:19 18:23 *;]
1. adv. of place and time (in NT time only);
__(a) between: ἐν τῷ μ. (s.with χρόνῳ), Jhn.4:31;
__(b) in late writers (FlJ, Plut., al.), like μετά (adv.), after, afterwards: τὸ μ. σάββατον, Act.13:42 (cf. Cl., Ro., I Co., 44, 2).
2. Prep. with genitive, between: of place, Mat.23:35, Luk.11:51 16:26, Act.12:6; of persons, as to mutual relation, Mat.18:15, Act.15:9, Rom.2:1-29 15:1-33.†
(AS)
(μετά + ξύν = σύν), [in LXX: Gen.31:50, Jdg.5:27, III Ki 15:6; 3Ki.15:32, Wis.4:10 16:19 18:23 *;]
1. adv. of place and time (in NT time only);
__(a) between: ἐν τῷ μ. (s.with χρόνῳ), Jhn.4:31;
__(b) in late writers (FlJ, Plut., al.), like μετά (adv.), after, afterwards: τὸ μ. σάββατον, Act.13:42 (cf. Cl., Ro., I Co., 44, 2).
2. Prep. with genitive, between: of place, Mat.23:35, Luk.11:51 16:26, Act.12:6; of persons, as to mutual relation, Mat.18:15, Act.15:9, Rom.2:1-29 15:1-33.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3342 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- between6
- mean2
- next1
First verses
- Matthew 18:15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
- Luke 11:51From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
- Luke 16:26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
- John 4:31In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
- Acts 12:6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
- Acts 13:42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
- Acts 15:9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
- Romans 2:15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μεταξύ
(late form μετοξύ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.177.11 (1st c.AD), etc.))], adverb, (μετά, ξύν) properly in the midst: hence,
I as adverb,
I.1 of Place, betwixt, between, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.156, compare “hymnus ad Mercurium” 159, etc.: with _Article_, τὸ μ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 551; ἐν τούτῳ μ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25; νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης καὶ εἰ ἄλλα ἄττα μ. τυγχάνει ὄντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 443d; αὐχένα μ. τιθέντες [prev. author] “Ti.” 69e: _metaphorically_, φίλος ἢ ἐχθρὸς ἢ μ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1376a30.)]
I.2 of Time, between-whiles, meanwhile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.155, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 225, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 207d, etc.)]; τὰ μ. the intervening events, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.201: frequently with)]present participle, μ. ὀρύσσων ἐπαύσατο in the midst of his digging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.158; ἐπελαυνόντων.. μ. [prev. author] 4.129; μ. θύων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1242; μ. πίνων 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 351.5; μ. πορευομένους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 207b, etc.)]; ἐξαναστάντες μ. δειπνοῦντες in the middle of supper, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169)]; ἀπαγχομένη μ. κατεκλίθη (κατεκωλύθη Blass), i. e. in the interval between this and reviving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.125: frequently with Verbs of speaking, λέγοντα μ.)] in the middle of my discourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 40b, compare “Euthd.” 275e, “R.” 336b: without)]participle, μ. ὑπολαβεῖν to interrupt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.26; μ. τὸν λόγον καταλύομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 505c; μ. διαλῦσαι τὴν συνουσίαν [prev. author] “Prt.” 336e)]; ἐν τῷ μ. (i.e. χρόνῳ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.14: with χρόνῳ, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 30.17.)]
I.2.b in late writers, like{μετά} (adverb), after, afterwards, τὸ μ. σάββατον the next Sabbath, [NT (NT.Act.13.42)]; οἱ μ. τούτων βασιλεῖς the kings who followed them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.4.2)]; οἱ μ. τούτων, = Latin posterieorum, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.1913.)]
I.3 of Qualities, τὰ μ. intermediate, i.e. neither good nor bad, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 468a.)]
I.4 of Degree, ὅσον τὸ μ. how great is the difference, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 22.1.)]
I.5 Grammars, the neuter gender, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 166b12, “Po.” 1458a17.)]
II as preposition with genitive, between, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6, 7.85, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118, 4.42, etc.; μ. σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 202a; μ. τούτοιν ἀμφοῖν ἐν μέσῳ ὄν [prev. author] “R.” 583c)]; αἱ μ. τῶν λόγων διηγήσεις the explanations between the speeches, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 143c)]; but μ. τῶν λόγων if I may interrupt the argument, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 230a)]; μ. τῶν βασιλέων among kings, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.177c)]; between parties to an agreement, τιμὴ ἡ συμφωνηθεῖσα μ. τινῶν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“BGU” 316.15 (4th c.AD))]; τὰ μ. σύμφωνα the terms agreed between the parties, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (POxy. 914.8 (5th c.AD))]: sometimes one of the extremes is omitted, ἄνωθεν τῶν Θυεστείων ῥακῶν μ. τῶν Ἰνοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 434; ἢ ἐναντίοις οὖσιν ἢ μ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 319b12; ἦν συμφέρον ὡς πλεῖστον τὸν μ. χρόνον γενέσθαι τῶν ὅρκων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.26.)]
II.b μ. θύρας in the opening of the door, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.119.)]
II.2 of Time, ὁ μ. τῆς δίκης τε καὶ τοῦ θανάτου [χρόνος] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 58c, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 437)]; τὰ μ. τούτου meanwhile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 291)]: as a preposition, it may either precede or follow its case, but more frequently precedes,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 71a and b.)]
(late form μετοξύ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.177.11 (1st c.AD), etc.))], adverb, (μετά, ξύν) properly in the midst: hence,
I as adverb,
I.1 of Place, betwixt, between, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.156, compare “hymnus ad Mercurium” 159, etc.: with _Article_, τὸ μ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 551; ἐν τούτῳ μ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25; νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης καὶ εἰ ἄλλα ἄττα μ. τυγχάνει ὄντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 443d; αὐχένα μ. τιθέντες [prev. author] “Ti.” 69e: _metaphorically_, φίλος ἢ ἐχθρὸς ἢ μ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1376a30.)]
I.2 of Time, between-whiles, meanwhile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.155, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 225, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 207d, etc.)]; τὰ μ. the intervening events, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.201: frequently with)]present participle, μ. ὀρύσσων ἐπαύσατο in the midst of his digging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.158; ἐπελαυνόντων.. μ. [prev. author] 4.129; μ. θύων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1242; μ. πίνων 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 351.5; μ. πορευομένους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 207b, etc.)]; ἐξαναστάντες μ. δειπνοῦντες in the middle of supper, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169)]; ἀπαγχομένη μ. κατεκλίθη (κατεκωλύθη Blass), i. e. in the interval between this and reviving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.125: frequently with Verbs of speaking, λέγοντα μ.)] in the middle of my discourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 40b, compare “Euthd.” 275e, “R.” 336b: without)]participle, μ. ὑπολαβεῖν to interrupt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.26; μ. τὸν λόγον καταλύομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 505c; μ. διαλῦσαι τὴν συνουσίαν [prev. author] “Prt.” 336e)]; ἐν τῷ μ. (i.e. χρόνῳ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.14: with χρόνῳ, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 30.17.)]
I.2.b in late writers, like{μετά} (adverb), after, afterwards, τὸ μ. σάββατον the next Sabbath, [NT (NT.Act.13.42)]; οἱ μ. τούτων βασιλεῖς the kings who followed them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.4.2)]; οἱ μ. τούτων, = Latin posterieorum, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.1913.)]
I.3 of Qualities, τὰ μ. intermediate, i.e. neither good nor bad, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 468a.)]
I.4 of Degree, ὅσον τὸ μ. how great is the difference, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 22.1.)]
I.5 Grammars, the neuter gender, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 166b12, “Po.” 1458a17.)]
II as preposition with genitive, between, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6, 7.85, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118, 4.42, etc.; μ. σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 202a; μ. τούτοιν ἀμφοῖν ἐν μέσῳ ὄν [prev. author] “R.” 583c)]; αἱ μ. τῶν λόγων διηγήσεις the explanations between the speeches, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 143c)]; but μ. τῶν λόγων if I may interrupt the argument, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 230a)]; μ. τῶν βασιλέων among kings, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.177c)]; between parties to an agreement, τιμὴ ἡ συμφωνηθεῖσα μ. τινῶν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“BGU” 316.15 (4th c.AD))]; τὰ μ. σύμφωνα the terms agreed between the parties, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (POxy. 914.8 (5th c.AD))]: sometimes one of the extremes is omitted, ἄνωθεν τῶν Θυεστείων ῥακῶν μ. τῶν Ἰνοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 434; ἢ ἐναντίοις οὖσιν ἢ μ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 319b12; ἦν συμφέρον ὡς πλεῖστον τὸν μ. χρόνον γενέσθαι τῶν ὅρκων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.26.)]
II.b μ. θύρας in the opening of the door, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.119.)]
II.2 of Time, ὁ μ. τῆς δίκης τε καὶ τοῦ θανάτου [χρόνος] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 58c, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 437)]; τὰ μ. τούτου meanwhile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 291)]: as a preposition, it may either precede or follow its case, but more frequently precedes,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 71a and b.)]