Strong's Concordance mesités: an arbitrator, a mediator Original Word: μεσίτης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: mesités Phonetic Spelling: (mes-ee'-tace) Short Definition: a mediator, go-between Definition: (a) a mediator, intermediary, (b) a go-between, arbiter, agent of something good. HELPS Word-studies 3316 mesítēs (from 3319 /mésos, "in the middle") – properly, an arbitrator ("mediator"), guaranteeing the performance of all the terms stipulated in a covenant (agreement). 3316 /mesítēs (a "mediator") intervenes to restore peace between two parties, especially as it fulfills a compact or ratifies a covenant. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3316: μεσίτηςμεσίτης, μεσίτου, ὁ (μέσος), one who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore peace and friendship, or to form g compact, or for ratifying a covenant: a medium of communication, arbitrator (Vulg. (and A. V.) mediator): ὁ μεσίτης (generic article cf. Winer's Grammar, § 18, 1 under the end), i. e. every mediator, whoever acts as mediator, ἑνός οὐκ ἐστι, does not belong to one party but to two or more, Galatians 3:20. Used of Moses, as one who brought the commands of God to the people of Israel and acted as mediator with God on behalf of the people, Galatians 3:19 (cf. Deuteronomy 5:5; hence, he is called μεσίτης καί διαλλακτής by Philo also, vit. Moys. iii. § 19). Christ is called the μεσίτης Θεοῦ καί ἀνθρώπων, since he interposed by his death and restored the harmony between God and man which human sin had broken, 1 Timothy 2:5; also μεσίτης διαθήκης, Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 12:24. (Polybius 28, 15, 8; Diodorus 4, 54; Philo de somn. i. § 22; Josephus, Antiquities 16, 2, 2; Plutarch, de Isa. et Os. 46; once in the Sept., Job 9:33.) Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 351ff Strong's Exhaustive Concordance mediator. From mesos; a go-between, i.e. (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor) -- mediator. see GREEK mesos Forms and Transliterations μεσιτη μεσίτη μεσίτῃ μεσιτης μεσίτης μεσιτου μεσίτου mesite mesitē mesítei mesítēi mesites mesitēs mesítes mesítēs mesitou mesítouLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 33166 Occurrences μεσίτῃ — 1 Occ. μεσίτης — 4 Occ. μεσίτου — 1 Occ. Galatians 3:19 N-GMS GRK: ἐν χειρὶ μεσίτου NAS: by the agency of a mediator, until KJV: in the hand of a mediator. INT: in [the] hand of a mediator Galatians 3:20 N-NMS 1 Timothy 2:5 N-NMS Hebrews 8:6 N-NMS Hebrews 9:15 N-NMS Hebrews 12:24 N-DMS |
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