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Koine Greek wordlink #158975

SR GNT Rev 7:17 μέσον (meson) ‘lamb who is among the middle of the throne will_be shepherding’ Strongs=33190 Lemma=mesos
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (16) of identical word form μέσον (S-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μέσον’ (S-ANS) has 6 different glosses: ‘the middle’, ‘the midst’, ‘your midst’, ‘in the middle’, ‘in the midst’, ‘midst’.

Yhn (Jhn) 19:18 ‘on_this_side and on_that_side in the middle and Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 19:18 word 13

OET-LV: 18 where they _executed _on _a _stake him, and with him two others, on _this _side and on _that _side, and the Yaʸsous in_the_middle. (JHN_19:18)

OET-RV: 18 where they secured him to a stake along with two others—one stake on each side and with Yeshua on the middle one. (JHN 19:18)

Yhn (Jhn) 20:19 ‘stood in the midst and is saying to them’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 20:19 word 33

OET-LV: 19 Therefore being evening the on_ that _day the first of_the_week, and the doors having _been _shut where the apprentices/followers were because _of the fear of _the Youdaiōns, the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) came and stood in the midst, and is _saying to _them: Peace to _you _all. (JHN_20:19)

OET-RV: 19 On Sunday evening Yeshua’s apprentices had met together and had the doors locked because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, but Yeshua arrived and stood in the middle of the room and said, “Peace to you all.” (JHN 20:19)

Yhn (Jhn) 20:26 ‘stood in the midst and said peace’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 20:26 word 27

OET-LV: 26 And after eight days the apprentices/followers of _him were again inside, and Thōmas with them. the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) Is _coming, the doors having _been _shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace to _you _all. (JHN_20:26)

OET-RV: 26 Eight days later, Yeshua’s apprentices were again together inside, and this time Thomas was with them. (JHN 20:26)

Mark 3:3 ‘be raising in the midst’ SR GNT Mark 3:3 word 23

OET-LV: 3 And he _is _saying to _the man which having the withered hand: Be _raising in the midst. (MRK_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 Then Yeshua said to the man with the flawed hand, “Stand up there in the middle.” (MRK 3:3)

Mark 7:31 ‘sea of Galilaia/(Gālīl) among the midst of the regions of Dekapolis’ SR GNT Mark 7:31 word 20

OET-LV: 31 And back having _come _out from the regions of _Turos, he _came through Sidōn to the sea of_ the _Galilaia/(Gālīl), among the_midst of _the regions of _Dekapolis. (MRK_7:31)

OET-RV: 31 Yeshua left the Tyre region, passed through Tsidon, and came down the eastern side of the Lake of Galilee to the Decapolis region. (MRK 7:31)

Mark 14:60 ‘the chief_priest in the midst asked Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) saying’ SR GNT Mark 14:60 word 7

OET-LV: 60 And the chief _priest having _stood _up in the_midst, asked the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) saying: Not are _you _answering nothing? What is _it these men are _testifying against _you? (MRK_14:60)

OET-RV: 60 Nevertheless the chief priest in the middle of the council stood up and asked Yeshua, “Aren’t you going to defend yourself? These men are accusing you of these things.” (MRK 14:60)

Mat 13:25 ‘sowed darnels among midst of the wheat and’ SR GNT Mat 13:25 word 16

OET-LV: 25 But at the time the people to _be _sleeping, the enemy of _him came and sowed darnels among midst of _the wheat and went _away. (MAT_13:25)

OET-RV: 25 But the while they were all sleeping, his enemy came and spread black-grained ‘wheat’ seeds around his wheat field and left again. (MAT 13:25)

Mat 14:24 ‘and boat now the midst the of the sea was’ SR GNT Mat 14:24 word 10

OET-LV: 24 And the boat was now the_midst the of_the_sea, being _tormented by the waves, because/for the wind was contrary. (MAT_14:24)

OET-RV: 24 By then the boat was in the middle of the lake, but it was being beaten by the waves because a strong wind had come up. (MAT 14:24)

Luke 4:35 ‘demon into the midst came_out from him’ SR GNT Luke 4:35 word 21

OET-LV: 35 And the Yaʸsous gave _rebuke to _it saying: Be _silenced, and come _out from him. And the demon having _thrown_ him _down into the midst, came _out from him, nothing having _harmed him. (LUK_4:35)

OET-RV: 35 Yeshua rebuked the demon, saying, “Be quiet! Now come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man to the floor right in the middle of them, and came out of him, and left him feeling perfectly fine. (LUK 4:35)

Luke 5:19 ‘stretcher into the midst before Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ SR GNT Luke 5:19 word 35

OET-LV: 19 And not having _found by _what way they _may _carry_ him _in because _of the crowd, having _gone _up on the housetop, they _let_ him _down through the tiles with the stretcher into the midst before the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa). (LUK_5:19)

OET-RV: 19 but because of the crowd they couldn’t find a way in. So instead, they went up the stairs to the flat roof and removed some tiles in order to let the stretcher down right in front of Yeshua. (LUK 5:19)

Luke 6:8 ‘stand in the midst and having risen_up he stood’ SR GNT Luke 6:8 word 32

OET-LV: 8 But he he _had _known the speculations of _them, and said to _the man the hand being which withered: Be _raising, and stand in the midst. And having _risen _up, he _stood. (LUK_6:8)

OET-RV: 8 But he knew their plans and spoke to the man with the deformed hand, “Stand up and come into the middle.” So the man got up and stood in front of them. (LUK 6:8)

Luke 17:11 ‘he was passing_through because_of the midst of Samareia/(Shomrōn) and Galilaia/(Gālīl)’ SR GNT Luke 17:11 word 15

OET-LV: 11 And it _became at the time to _be _going to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and because _of he was _passing _through the_midst of _Samareia/(Shomrōn) and Galilaia/(Gālīl). (LUK_17:11)

OET-RV: 11 Soon it was time to continue on towards Yerushalem and so they walked through Galilee and Shomron (Samaria). (LUK 17:11)

Luke 23:45 ‘curtain of the temple in the middle’ SR GNT Luke 23:45 word 17

OET-LV: 45 Of _the sun having _darkened, and the curtain of _the temple was _torn in_the_middle. (LUK_23:45)

OET-RV: 45 the sun went dark and the curtain inside the temple was torn in the middle. (LUK 23:45)

Acts 27:27 ‘the Adrias_Sea to the middle of the night were suspecting’ SR GNT Acts 27:27 word 13

OET-LV: 27 But when the_fourteenth night became, us being _carried _through in the Adrias _Sea, to the_middle of _the night, the sailors were _suspecting a_certain to _be _coming _near to _them land. (ACT_27:27)

OET-RV: 27 So it happened that in the middle of our fourteenth night of being blown across the Adriatic Sea, the sailors suspected that we were nearing land. (ACT 27:27)

1 Cor 6:5 ‘will_be able to distinguish among your midst of the brother of him’ SR GNT 1 Cor 6:5 word 21

OET-LV: 5 For/Because shame to _you _all I _am _saying. Thus not there _is among you _all no _one wise, who will _be _able to _distinguish among ^your_midst of _the brother of _him? (CO1_6:5)

OET-RV: 5 I say that to your shame. Don’t you have anyone among you all who can arbitrate between believers? (CO1 6:5)

Php 2:15 ‘children of god blameless in the midst of a generation crooked and’ SR GNT Php 2:15 word 13

OET-LV: 15 in _order _that you _all _may _become blameless and innocent, children of_god blameless in_the_midst of_a_generation crooked and having _been _perverted, among whom you _all _are _shining as lights in the_world, (PHP_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 so that you’ll all be blameless and innocent—blameless children of God among a generation that’s crooked and perverted. Then you’ll shine like lights in the world, (PHP 2:15)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘mesos’ have 7 different glosses: ‘the middle’, ‘the midst’, ‘your midst’, ‘in the middle’, ‘in the midst’, ‘middle’, ‘midst’.

Greek words (6) other than μέσον (S-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘middle’

YHN 8:3 μέσῳ (mesōi) S-DNS ‘having stood her in the middle’ SR GNT Yhn 8:3 word 22

OET-LV: 3  (JHN_8:3)

OET-RV: 3 ◘ (JHN 8:3)

YHN 8:9 μέσῳ (mesōi) S-DNS ‘the woman in the middle having stood’ SR GNT Yhn 8:9 word 36

OET-LV: 9  (JHN_8:9)

OET-RV: 9 ◘ (JHN 8:9)

MAT 25:6 μέσης (mesaʸs) E-GFS ‘in the middle but of the night a clamour’ SR GNT Mat 25:6 word 1

OET-LV: 6 But in_the_middle of_the_night, a_clamour has _become: Behold, the bridegroom. Be _coming _out to the_meeting. (MAT_25:6)

OET-RV: 6 “But in the middle of the night there was a shout, ‘Look, the groom’s on his way. Come out and meet him.’ (MAT 25:6)

ACTs 1:18 μέσος (mesos) S-NMS ‘headlong having become he burst_open in the middle and was poured_out all’ SR GNT Acts 1:18 word 16

OET-LV: 18 (Therefore indeed this man acquired a_field out _of the_reward of_ the _unrighteousness, and having _become headlong, he _burst _open in_the_middle, and all the intestines of _him was _poured _out. (ACT_1:18)

OET-RV: 18 (Yudas had bought a field with the money he had received for his treachery, and when he had fallen down in that field, his stomach had burst open and his intestines had slid out on the ground. (ACT 1:18)

ACTs 26:13 μέσης (mesaʸs) E-GFS ‘day middle on the road’ SR GNT Acts 26:13 word 2

OET-LV: 13 middle day on the road king I _saw, from _heaven a_light above the brightness like of _the sun having _shone _around me, and the ones journeying with me. (ACT_26:13)

OET-RV: 13 that in the middle of the day, your majesty, I saw a bright light from the sky—even brighter than the sun—and it shone on me and my companions. (ACT 26:13)

REV 22:2 μέσῳ (mesōi) S-DNS ‘in the middle of the road of it’ SR GNT Rev 22:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 In the_middle of _the road of _it and of _the river, from _here and from _there, the_tree of _life producing twelve fruits, according _to month each to _be _giving _back the fruit of _it, and the leaves of _the tree are for the_healing of _the nations. (REV_22:2)

OET-RV: 2 In the middle of its path and in the middle of the river reaching from one side to the other was the tree of life that produces twelve fruits—a different one each month—and the leaves of the tree are for healing the nations (REV 22:2)

Key: E=determiner/case-marker S=substantive adjective ANS=accusative,neuter,singular DNS=dative,neuter,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular