Strong's Lexicon
G3316 — μεσίτης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3316 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μεσίτης |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G3319 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | mesites |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mes-ee'-tace |
| Meaning: | 1. a go-between 2. (simply) a spokesman 3. (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor) |
| KJV Renderings: | mediator |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μεσίτης, 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, Gal 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, Gal 3:19 (cf. Deu 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, 1Ti 2:5; also μεσίτης διαθήκης, Heb 8:6; Heb 9:15; Heb 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
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μεσίτης (mediator)
Galatians 3:19
- KJV: Wherefore then the law It was added because of transgressions till the seed should come to whom the promise was made ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator
- GK: τι ούν ο νόμος των παραβάσεων χάριν προσετέθη άχρις ου έλθη το σπέρμα ω επήγγελται διαταγείς δι΄ αγγέλων εν χειρί μεσίτου
Galatians 3:20
- KJV: Now a mediator is not of one but God is one
- GK: ο δε μεσίτης ενός ουκ έστιν ο δε θεός εις εστιν
1 Timothy 2:5
- KJV: For one God and one mediator between God and men the man Christ Jesus
- GK: εις γαρ θεός εις και μεσίτης θεού και ανθρώπων άνθρωπος χριστός Ιησούς
Hebrews 8:6
- KJV: But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant which was established upon better promises
- GK: νυνί δε διαφορωτέρας τέτευχε λειτουργίας όσω και κρείττονός εστι διαθήκης μεσίτης ήτις επί κρείττοσιν επαγγελίαις νενομοθέτηται
Hebrews 9:15
- KJV: And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament that by means of death for the redemption of the transgressions under the first testament they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance
- GK: και διά τούτο διαθήκης καινής μεσίτης εστίν όπως θανάτου γενομένου εις απολύτρωσιν των επί τη πρώτη διαθήκη παραβάσεων την επαγγελίαν λάβωσιν οι κεκλημένοι της αιωνίου κληρονομίας
Hebrews 12:24
- KJV: And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than Abel
- GK: και διαθήκης νέας μεσίτη Ιησού και αίματι ραντισμού κρείττον λαλούντι παρά τον Άβελ