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Bill Mounce
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μέσος
Vocabulary form:
mevsoV, -h, -on
Definition:
middle, in the midst
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
58
GK:
3545
Root:
meso
Cognates:
Meso is a combining form that when added to another word carries the meaning of "middle," such as mesomorphic (the state between liquid and crystalline), mesoplast (the nucleus of a cell), and Mesozoic (the age between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic ages).
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 10:16 | “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. |
| Matthew 13:25 | But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. |
| Matthew 13:49 | So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous |
| Matthew 14:6 | But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) and pleased Herod. |
| Matthew 18:2 | Jesus invited a child to come to him, and placing him in their midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut), |
| Matthew 18:20 | For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in their midst.” (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) |
| Matthew 25:6 | But at (mesēs | μέσης | gen sg fem) midnight there was a shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ |
| Mark 3:3 | And he said to the man with the withered hand, had “Get up and step forward.” (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut) |
| Mark 6:47 | When evening had come, the boat was in the middle (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of the lake and he was alone on the land. |
| Mark 7:31 | Departing again from the region of Tyre, Jesus went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the midst (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut) of the region of the Decapolis. |
| Mark 9:36 | And taking a child, he put him in the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, |
| Mark 14:60 | Then the high priest, standing up in their midst (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut), asked Jesus, saying, “Are you not going to reply to what these men are testifying against you?” |
| Luke 2:46 | Then after three days they found him in the temple, seated in the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. |
| Luke 4:30 | But he passed through their midst (mesou | μέσου | gen sg neut) and went on his way. |
| Luke 4:35 | But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut), he came out of him, having done him no harm. |
| Luke 5:19 | But not finding any way to bring him in on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him, along with the stretcher, through the tiles into the midst (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut), in front of Jesus. |
| Luke 6:8 | But he knew their thoughts, so he said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand here in front.” (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut) So he got up and came forward. |
| Luke 8:7 | Other seed fell in the middle (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of thorns, and when the thorns came up with it, they choked it. |
| Luke 10:3 | Go then. I am sending you as lambs into the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of wolves. |
| Luke 17:11 | As Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he passed through the region between (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut) Samaria and Galilee. |
| Luke 21:21 | Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those in the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of the city must evacuate, and those in the country must not enter it, |
| Luke 22:27 | For who is the greater, the one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But in your midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) I am like the one who serves. |
| Luke 22:55 | Some people had kindled a fire in the middle (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter sat down among (mesos | μέσος | nom sg masc) them. |
| Luke 23:45 | because the light of the sun had been eclipsed. The curtain of the temple was torn down the middle (meson | μέσον | adverb). |
| Luke 24:36 | While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood in their midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) and said to them, “Peace to you.” |
| John 1:26 | John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands among (mesos | μέσος | nom sg masc) you one whom you do not know, |
| John 8:3 | The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and making her stand before them, |
| John 8:9 | At this, those who had heard began to leave one by one, starting with the oldest; and Jesus alone was left, with the woman standing before him. |
| John 19:18 | There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side with Jesus between (meson | μέσον | adverb) them. |
| John 20:19 | On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, when the doors were locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut) and said to them, “Peace be with you.” |
| John 20:26 | Eight days later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood in their midst (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut) and said, “Peace be with you.” |
| Acts 1:15 | And in those days Peter stood up in the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of the brothers (a crowd of people, about a hundred and twenty, had gathered together), and said, |
| Acts 1:18 | (Now this man bought a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle (mesos | μέσος | nom sg masc) and all his intestines gushed out. |
| Acts 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 (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut), as you yourselves know — |
| Acts 4:7 | And having set them in the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut), they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name did you do this?” |
| Acts 17:22 | So Paul, standing in the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are a very devout people. |
| Acts 17:33 | So Paul departed from their midst (mesou | μέσου | gen sg neut). |
| Acts 23:10 | And when the argument became violent, the commanding officer, afraid that Paul would be torn apart by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among (mesou | μέσου | gen sg neut) them by force and bring him into the barracks. |
| Acts 26:13 | and at midday I saw on the way, O king, a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. |
| Acts 27:21 | Since they had long been without food, Paul stood up in their midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice and not set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. |
| Acts 27:27 | And when it was the fourteenth night, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight (meson | μέσον | acc sg neut) the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:2 | And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to have mourned, so that the man who did this deed would be removed from your midst (mesou | μέσου | gen sg neut)? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:5 | I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between his brothers, |
| 2 Corinthians 6:17 | Therefore, “come out from their midst (mesou | μέσου | gen sg neut) and be separate,” says the Lord, and “touch no unclean thing; then I will receive you, |
| Philippians 2:15 | so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst (meson | μέσον | improper prep-gen) of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the universe, |
| Colossians 2:14 | having canceled the against us, certificate of debt with its legal demands against us, which was hostile to us. He has taken it away (mesou | μέσου | gen sg neut) by nailing it to the cross. |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:7 | Although we could have made demands as apostles of Christ, we were gentle among you, like a mother tenderly nursing her own children. |
| 2 Thessalonians 2:7 | For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; however, the one who is now restraining will continue to do so until he is taken away. |
| Hebrews 2:12 | when he says, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of the congregation I will sing your praise.” |
| Revelation 1:13 | and in the midst (mesō | μέσῳ | dat sg neut) of the lampstands one like a son of man, dressed in a long robe and with a gold sash tied high across his chest. |
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cognates
How about Mesopotamia? - land in the middle of the (two) rivers potamoi (Tigris and Euphrates)