2001 Translation

MESOU, mesou

Sounds Like: MEH-soo

Translations: middle, midst, among, between, in the middle, in the midst, (of) the middle, (of) the midst

From the root: ΜΕΣΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the middle or midst of something. As an adjective, it describes something as being in the middle. When used as a noun, often in the genitive case (like ΜΕΣΟΥ), it functions adverbially to indicate being in the midst of or among something or someone, frequently appearing with prepositions like διά (through) or ἐν (in).

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter

Strong’s number: G3319 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:73

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 29:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 16:21, 16:33, 17:2, 17:10, 18:6, 19:20, 25:7
• Deuteronomy — 4:12
• Judges — 10:16
• Judith — 6:11, 7:19
• 1 Maccabees — 5:46
• Psalms — 56:5, 73:11, 103:12, 135:11
• Wisdom — 4:14, 12:5
• Isaiah — 4:4, 52:11, 57:2
• Jeremiah — 6:1, 12:14, 27:8, 28:6, 30:13, 44:4, 51:7
• Lamentations — 0:15
• Zechariah — 6:1, 9:7
• Matthew — 13:49
• Luke — 4:30
• John — 8:59
• Acts of the Apostles — 17:33
• 1 Corinthians — 5:2
• 2 Corinthians — 6:17
• Colossians — 2:14
• 2 Thessalonians — 2:7

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 9:223
• Book 7 — 12:313
• Book 8 — 11:282
• Book 15 — 11:415

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 48:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 13:2, 16:5, 22:5, 97:2, 118:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 19:29, 35:2
• Exodus — 7:5, 24:16, 31:14
• Numbers — 3:12, 4:2, 4:18, 8:6, 8:14, 8:16, 8:19, 16:21, 16:33, 16:37, 16:45, 18:6, 19:20, 25:7, 27:4
• Deuteronomy — 2:15, 2:16, 4:12, 4:15, 4:33, 4:34, 4:36, 5:4, 5:22, 5:23, 5:24, 5:26, 10:4
• Joshua — 3:8, 4:3, 4:8
• Judges — 10:16
• 1 Samuel — 4:3, 7:3, 15:6
• 1 Kings — 8:51
• 2 Kings — 9:2, 11:2
• 2 Chronicles — 22:11
• Judith — 6:11, 7:19, 11:19
• 1 Maccabees — 5:46
• Psalms — 56:5, 73:11, 103:12, 135:11
• Job — 29:17
• Wisdom — 4:14, 12:5
• Sirach — 51:4
• Isaiah — 4:4, 52:11, 57:2
• Jeremiah — 6:1, 12:14, 27:8, 28:6, 29:20, 44:4, 51:7
• Lamentations — 1:15
• Ezekiel — 3:25, 10:2, 10:6, 11:7, 11:9, 14:8, 14:9, 28:16, 28:18, 29:4, 37:21
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:88, 3:93
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:88, 3:93, 10:5, 13:60
• Hosea — 2:2
• Amos — 5:17, 6:4
• Micah — 5:10, 5:13, 5:14
• Zechariah — 6:1, 9:7

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 8:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 13:49
• Luke — 4:30
• Acts — 17:33, 23:10
• 1 Corinthians — 5:2
• 2 Corinthians — 6:17
• Colossians — 2:14
• 2 Thessalonians — 2:7

From the same root

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

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.

• ΕΜΕΣΩ — in the midst, among, in the middle, in the middle of, between
• ΕΜΕΣΩΝ — of middle, of midst, of among, of between
• ΗΜΕΣΗ — middle, midst, in the midst, among, between
• ΚΑΤΑΜΕΣΗΝ — in the middle of, in the midst of, through the middle of
• ΜΕΕΣΙΝ — middle, midst, a middle, a midst
• ΜΕΣ — middle, midst, among, between, in the middle of, in the midst of, a middle, a midst
• ΜΕΣΑ — middle, midst, among, in the middle of, in the midst
• ΜΕΣΑΙΣ — middle, midst, in the middle, among, in the midst of
• ΜΕΣΑΙΤΑΤΑΣ — most middle, innermost, centralmost
• ΜΕΣΑΙΤΑΤΗ — middlemost, most central, in the very middle
• ΜΕΣΑΙΤΑΤΟΝ — middlemost, innermost, very middle, the middlemost thing
• ΜΕΣΑΙΤΑΤΩ — (to) the very middle, (in) the very middle, (to) the most central, (in) the most central
• ΜΕΣΑΣ — middle, midst, among
• ΜΕΣΗ — middle, a middle, midst, among, between
• ΜΕΣΗΝ — middle, midst, a middle
• ΜΕΣΗΣ — middle, midst, (of) middle, (of) midst
• ΜΕΣΟ — middle, midst, in the midst, between, among, a middle, the middle
• ΜΕΣΟΙ — middle, midst, among, between, those in the middle
• ΜΕΣΟΙΣ — in the middle of, among, in the midst of
• ΜΕΣΟΝ — middle, midst, between, among, a middle, the middle
• ΜΕΣΟΣ — middle, midst, among, between, a middle, a midst
• ΜΕΣΟΥΣ — middle, midst, a middle, the middle, half
• ΜΕΣΟΥΣΑΝ — middle, midst, a middle, a midst
• ΜΕΣΟΥΣΗΣ — of the middle, of the midst, of the intervening, of the halfway, of the central
• ΜΕΣΩ — middle, midst, among, between, in the midst (of), (in the) middle (of), (among), (between)
• ΜΕΣΩΝ — of the middle, of the midst, of the things in the middle, of the things in between
• ΜΕΣ‾Η‾ — middle, midst, in the middle, in the midst, between, among

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