μέσος,
μέσῃ,
μέσον (from
Homer down),
middle (Latin
medius, 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 ὁ 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 Latin
e 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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