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Lexicon :: Strong's G3319 - mesos

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μέσος
Transliteration
mesos (Key)
Pronunciation
mes'-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

μέσος mésos, mes'-os; from G3326; middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun):—among, × before them, between, + forth, mid(-day, -night), midst, way.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x

The KJV translates Strong's G3319 in the following manner: midst (41x), among (6x), from among (with G1537) (5x), midnight (with G3571) (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x
The KJV translates Strong's G3319 in the following manner: midst (41x), among (6x), from among (with G1537) (5x), midnight (with G3571) (2x), miscellaneous (5x).
  1. middle

  2. the midst

  3. in the midst of, amongst

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μέσος mésos, mes'-os; from G3326; middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun):—among, × before them, between, + forth, mid(-day, -night), midst, way.
STRONGS G3319:
μέσος, μέσῃ, μέσον (from Homer down), middle (Latinmedius, media, medium);
1. as an adjective: μέσης νυκτός, at midnight, Matthew 25:6; μέσης ἡμέρας, Acts 26:13 (according to Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 53, 54, 465, the better writings said μέσον ἡμέρας, μεσουσα ἡμέρα, μεσημβρία); with the genitive: (ἐκάθητο Πέτρος μέσος αὐτῶν, Luke 22:55 (R G L ἐν μέσῳ)); μέσος ὑμῶν ἕστηκε (others, στήκει), stands in the midst of you, John 1:26 (Plato, de rep. 1, p. 330 b.; polit., p. 303 a.); ἐσχίσθη μέσον (the veil) was rent in the midst, Luke 23:45 (Winer's Grammar, 131 (124) note); ἐλάκησε μέσος, Acts 1:18; (ἐσταύρωσαν) μέσον τόν Ἰησοῦν, John 19:18.
2. the neuter τό μέσον or (without the article in adverb. phrases, as διά μέσου, ἐν μέσῳ, cf. Winers Grammar, 123 (117); (cf. Buttmann, § 125, 6)) μέσον is used as a substantive; the Sept. for תָּוֶך (construction state תּוך), and קֶרֶב; the midst: ἀνά μέσον (see ἀνά, 1 (and added note below)); διά μέσου (τίνος), through the midst (Amos 5:17; Jeremiah 44:4 (Psalm 37:4)): αὐτῶν, through the midst of them, Luke 4:30; John 8:59 (Rec.); Σαμαρείας, Luke 17:11 (R G, but L T Tr WH διά μέσον, (see διά, B. I.); others take the phrase here in the sense of between (Xenophon, an. 1, 4, 4; Aristotle, de anim. 2, 11 vol. i., p. 423{b}, 12; see Liddell and Scott, under the word, III. 1 d.); cf. Meyer, Weiss (at the place cited) and added note below); εἰς τό μέσον, into the midst, i. e., according to the context, either the middle of a room or the midst of those assembled in it: Mark 3:3; Mark 14:60 Rec.; Luke 4:35; Luke 5:19; Luke 6:8; John 20:19, 26; εἰς μέσον (cf. German mittenhin), Mark 14:60 G L T Tr WH; ἐν τῷ μέσῳ, in the middle of the apartment or before the guests, Matthew 14:6; ἐν μέσῳ, in the midst of the place spoken of, John 8:3, 9; in the middle of the room, before all, Acts 4:7; with the genitive of place, Revelation 2:7 Rec.; Luke 21:21; (equivalent to German mittenauf) τῆς πλατείας, Revelation 22:2 (but see below); add, Luke 22:55a; Acts 17:22; τῆς θαλάσσης, in the midst (of the surface of) the sea, Mark 6:47; with the genitive plural in the midst of, amongst: with gen of things; Matthew 10:16; Luke 8:7; Luke 10:3; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 2:1; with the genitive of person, Matthew 18:2; Mark 9:36; Luke 2:46; Luke 22:55b there T Tr WH μέσος; see 1 above); Luke 24:36; Acts 1:15; Acts 2:22; Acts 27:21; Revelation 5:6 (b? (see below); Revelation 6:6); tropically, ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν εἰμί, I am present with them by my divine power, Matthew 18:20; with the genitive of a collective noun, Philippians 2:15 R (see 3 below) Hebrews 2:12; where association or contact is the topic, equivalent to among, in contact with: Luke 22:27; 1 Thessalonians 2:7. in the midst of, i. e. in the space within, τοῦ θρόνου (which must be conceived of as having a semicircular shape): Revelation 4:6; Revelation 5:6 (a?) where cf. DeWette and Bleek; (but DeWette's note on 5:6 runs And I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and the elders (i. e. in the vacant space between the throne and the living creatures (on one side) and elders (on the other side), accordingly nearest the throne" etc.); ἀνά μέσον, in Revelation 7:17 also he interprets in the same way; further see Revelation 22:2; cf. Kliefoth, Commentary, vol. ii., p. 40. For ἐν μέσῳ in this sense see Xenophon, an. 2, 2, 3; 2, 4, 17, 21; 5, 2, 27, etc.; Habakkuk 3:2; ἀνά μέσον Polybius 5, 55, 7; often in Aristotle (see Bonitz's index under the word μέσος); on ἐν μέσῳ and ἀνὰ μέσον cf. R. F. Weymouth in Journ. of Philol. 1869, ii. pp. 318-322. Numbers 16:48; Deuteronomy 5:5; Joshua 22:25; Judges 15:4; 1 Kings 5:12; Ezekiel 47:18; Ezekiel 48:22; cf. Genesis 1:4; see Meyer on 1 Corinthians 6:5; cf. ἀνά, 1). κατά μέσον τῆς νυκτός, about midnight, Acts 27:27 (see κατά, II. 2). ἐκ τοῦ μέσου, like the Latine medio, i. e. out of the way, out of sight: αἴρω τί, to take out of the way, to abolish, Colossians 2:14 (Plutarch, de curiositate 9; Isaiah 57:2); γίνομαι ἐκ μέσου, to be taken out of the way, to disappear, 2 Thessalonians 2:7; with the genitive of pers, ἐκ μέσου τινων, from the society or company of, out from among: Matthew 13:49; Acts 17:33; Acts 23:10; 1 Corinthians 5:2; 2 Corinthians 6:17 (Exodus 31:14; Numbers 14:44 Alex.).
3. the neuter μέσον is used adverbially with a genitive, in the midst ofanything: ἦν μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης, Matthew 14:24 (otherwise Tr text WH text; yet cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6) ((so Exodus 14:27); τέων γάρ μέσον εἶναι τῆς Ἰωνιης, Herodotus 7, 170); γενεάς σκολιᾶς, Philippians 2:15 L T Tr WH (τῆς ἡμέρας, the middle of the day, Susanna 7 Theod.); cf. Buttmann, 123 (107f) (cf. 319 (274); Winer's Grammar, as above).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:4
Exodus
14:27; 31:14
Numbers
14:44; 16:48
Deuteronomy
5:5
Joshua
22:25
Judges
15:4
1 Kings
5:12
Psalms
37:4
Isaiah
57:2
Jeremiah
44:4
Ezekiel
47:18; 48:22
Amos
5:17
Habakkuk
3:2
Matthew
10:16; 13:49; 14:6; 14:24; 18:2; 18:20; 25:6
Mark
3:3; 6:47; 9:36; 14:60; 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; 22:55; 22:55; 23:45; 24:36
John
1:26; 8:3; 8:9; 8:59; 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; 2:15
Colossians
2:14
1 Thessalonians
2:7
2 Thessalonians
2:7
Hebrews
2:12
Revelation
1:18; 2:1; 2:7; 4:6; 5:6; 5:6; 6:6; 7:17; 22:2; 22:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3319 matches the Greek μέσος (mesos),
which occurs 58 times in 56 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 10:16–Rev 1:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 - but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds[fn] among the wheat and went away.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:49 - So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:6 - But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:2 - And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:20 - For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:6 - But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:3 - And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47 - And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:31 - Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:36 - And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:60 - And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:46 - After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:30 - But passing through their midst, he went away.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:35 - But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:19 - but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:8 - But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:7 - And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:3 - Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:11 - On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21 - Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:55 - And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:45 - while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:36 - As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:26 - John answered them, “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:3 - The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9 - But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:18 - There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:19 - On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews,[fn] Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:26 - Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:15 - In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:18 - (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong[fn] he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:22 - “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:7 - And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:22 - So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:33 - So Paul went out from their midst.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:21 - Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27 - When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:2 - And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:5 - I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - Therefore go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:15 - that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:14 - by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:7 - But we were gentle[fn] among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7 - For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:12 - saying,
“I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:13 - and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.

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