2001 Translation

MESOGEIOS, mesogeios

Sounds Like: meh-soh-GAY-os

Translations: inland, midland, Mediterranean

From the root: ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'inland' or 'midland', referring to something located in the middle of the land, away from the coast. It can also specifically refer to the Mediterranean Sea or regions around it. It is a compound word formed from 'μέσος' (middle) and 'γῆ' (earth/land). It is used to describe places or things that are not coastal.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine

Strong’s number: G3319 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 2:22

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΟΥ — of the interior, of the inland, of the middle of the land, (of) the Mediterranean
• ΜΕΣΟΓΕΩΝ — inland, middle of the earth, a middle land, an inland region, a continent

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