ἀναμέσον, i. e. ἀνά μέσον, see ἀνά, 1.) STRONGS NT 3319: μέσοςμέσος, μέσῃ, μέσον (from Homer down), middle (Latinmedius, media, medium); 1. as an adjective: μέσης νυκτός, at midnight, Mat_25:6; μέσης ἡμέρας, Act_26:13 (according to Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 53, 54, 465, the better writings said μέσον ἡμέρας, μεσουσα ἡμέρα, μεσημβρία); with the genitive: (ἐκάθητο ὁ Πέτρος μέσος αὐτῶν, Luk_22:55 (R G L ἐν μέσῳ)); μέσος ὑμῶν ἕστηκε (others, στήκει), stands in the midst of you, Joh_1:26 (Plato, de rep. 1, p. 330 b.; polit., p. 303 a.); ἐσχίσθη μέσον (the veil) was rent in the midst, Luk_23:45 (Winer's Grammar, 131 (124) note); ἐλάκησε μέσος, Act_1:18; (ἐσταύρωσαν) μέσον τόν Ἰησοῦν, Joh_19:18. 2. the neuter τό μέσον or (without the article in adverb. phrases, as διά μέσου, ἐν μέσῳ, cf. Winers Grammar, 123 (117); (cf. Buttmann, § 125, 6)) μέσον is used as a substantive; the Sept. for ϊΘΜεΖκ (construction state ϊΜεκ), and χΖψΖα; the midst: ἀνά μέσον (see ἀνά, 1 (and added note below)); διά μέσου (τίνος), through the midst (Amo_5:17; Jer_44:4 (Psa_37:4)): αὐτῶν, through the midst of them, Luk_4:30; Joh_8:59 (Rec.); Σαμαρείας, Luk_17:11 (R G, but L T Tr WH διά μέσον, (see διά, B. I.); others take the phrase here in the sense of between (Xenophon, an. 1, 4, 4; Aristotle, de anim. 2, 11 vol. i., p. 423{b} , 12; see Liddell and Scott, under the word, III. 1 d.); cf. Meyer, Weiss (at the place cited) and added note below); εἰς τό μέσον, into the midst, i. e., according to the context, either the middle of a room or the midst of those assembled in it: Mar_3:3; Mar_14:60 Rec.; Luk_4:35; Luk_5:19; Luk_6:8; Joh_20:19; Joh_20:26; εἰς μέσον (cf. German mittenhin), Mar_14:60 G L T Tr WH; ἐν τῷ μέσῳ, in the middle of the apartment or before the guests, Mat_14:6; ἐν μέσῳ, in the midst of the place spoken of, Joh_8:3; Joh_8:9; in the middle of the room, before all, Act_4:7; with the genitive of place, Rev_2:7 Rec.; Luk_21:21; (equivalent to German mittenauf) τῆς πλατείας, Rev_22:2 (but see below); add, Luk_22:55 a; Act_17:22; τῆς θαλάσσης, in the midst (of the surface of) the sea, Mar_6:47; with the genitive plural in the midst of, amongst: with gen of things; Mat_10:16; Luk_8:7; Luk_10:3; Rev_1:18; Rev_2:1; with the genitive of person, Mat_18:2; Mar_9:36; Luk_2:46; Luk_22:55 b there T Tr WH μέσος; see 1 above); ; Act_1:15; Act_2:22; Act_27:21; Rev_5:6 (b? (see below); ); tropically, ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν εἰμί, I am present with them by my divine power, Mat_18:20; with the genitive of a collective noun, Php_2:15 R (see 3 below) Heb_2:12; where association or contact is the topic, equivalent to among, in contact with: Luk_22:27; 1Th_2:7. in the midst of, i. e. in the space within, τοῦ θρόνου (which must be conceived of as having a semicircular shape): Rev_4:6; Rev_5:6 (a?) where cf. DeWette and Bleek; (but DeWette's note on 5:6 runs And I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and the elders (i. e. in the vacant space between the throne and the living creatures (on one side) and elders (on the other side), accordingly nearest the throne" etc.); ἀνά μέσον, in also he interprets in the same way; further see ; cf. Kliefoth, Commentary, vol. ii., p. 40. For ἐν μέσῳ in this sense see Xenophon, an. 2, 2, 3; 2, 4, 17, 21; 5, 2, 27, etc.; Hab_3:2; ἀνά μέσον Polybius 5, 55, 7; often in Aristotle (see Bonitz's index under the word μέσος); Num_16:48; Deu_5:5; Jos_22:25; Jdg_15:4; 1Ki_5:12; Eze_47:18; Eze_48:22; cf. Gen_1:4; see Meyer on 1Co_6:5; ???1Co_1:1-31). κατά μέσον τῆς νυκτός, about midnight, Act_27:27 (see κατά, II. 2). ἐκ τοῦ μέσου, like the Latine medio, i. e. out of the way, out of sight: αἴρω τί, to take out of the way, to abolish, Col_2:14 (Plutarch, de curiositate 9; Isa_57:2); γίνομαι ἐκ μέσου, to be taken out of the way, to disappear, 2Th_2:7; with the genitive of pers, ἐκ μέσου τινων, from the society or company of, out from among: Mat_13:49; Act_17:33; Act_23:10; 1Co_5:2; 2Co_6:17 (Exo_31:14; Num_14:44 Alex.). 3. the neuter μέσον is used adverbially with a genitive, in the midst ofanything: ἦν μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης, Mat_14:24 (otherwise Tr text WH text; yet cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6) ((so Exo_14:27); τέων γάρ μέσον εἶναι τῆς Ἰωνιης, Herodotus 7, 170); γενεάς σκολιᾶς, Php_2:15 L T Tr WH (τῆς ἡμέρας, the middle of the day, Susanna 7 Theod.); cf. Buttmann, 123 (107f) (cf. 319 (274); Winer's Grammar, as above).

μέσος mesos 58x mid, middle, Mat_25:6 ; Act_26:13 ; ἀνὰ μέσον , in the midst; from the Hebrew, in, among, Mat_13:25 ; between, 1Co_6:5 ; διὰ μέσου , through the midst of, Luk_4:30 ; εἰς τὸ μέσον , into, or in the midst, Mar_3:3 ; Luk_6:8 ; ἐκ μέσου , from the midst, out of the way, Col_2:14 ; 2Th_2:7 ; from the Hebrew, from, from among, Mat_13:49 ; ἐν τῷ μέσῳ , in the midst, Mat_10:16 ; in the midst, in public, publicly, Mat_14:6 ἐν μέσῳ , in the midst of; among, Mat_18:20 ; κατὰ μέσον τῆς νυκτός , about midnight, Act_27:27 among; middle.

μέσος , -η , -ον , [in LXX chiefly for H8432 ;] middle, in the middle or midst; 1. prop ., as an adj. : Luk_23:45 , Joh_19:18 , Act_1:18 ; c . gen . pl ., Luk_22:55 , Joh_1:26 ; gen . temp. (Bl., § 36, 13), μέσης νυκτός , Mat_25:6 ; μ . ἡμέρας , Act_26:13 . 2. In adverbial phrases, neut., μέσον , τὸ μ ., as subst .: ἀνὰ μέσον , c . gen ., between ( cl .; in LXX : Gen_1:4 , al. ), elliptically (but v. M , Pr., 99), 1Co_6:5 ; = ἐν μ ,, among, in the midst of (El., § 39, 2; 40, 8; cf. in LXX : Jos_19:1 , Sir_27:2 ), Mat_13:25 , Mar_7:31 , Rev_7:17 ; διὰ μέσου , c . gen ., Luk_4:30 ; διὰ μέσον ( Rec. -ου , v. 81., § 42, 1), between , Luk_17:11 ( ICC , in l ); εἰς τὸ μ . ( see εἰς ), Mar_3:3 , Luk_4:35 ; Luk_5:19 ; Luk_6:8 , Joh_20:19 ; Joh_20:26 ; εἰς μ ., Mar_14:60 ; ἐν τῷ μ ,, Mat_14:6 ; ἐν μ ,, Jos_8:3 ; Jos_8:9 , Act_4:7 ; c , gen . loc ., Mar_6:47 , Luk_21:21 ; Luk_22:55 , Act_17:22 , Heb_2:12 ( LXX ), Rev_4:6 ; Rev_5:6 ; Rev_22:2 . c . gen . pl ., Mat_10:16 ; Mat_18:2 ; Mat_18:20 , Mar_9:36 , Luk_2:46 ; Luk_8:7 ; Luk_10:3 ; Luk_22:27 ; Luk_24:36 , Act_1:15 ; Act_2:22 ; Act_27:21 , 1Th_2:7 , Rev_1:13 ; Rev_2:1 ; Rev_5:6 ; Rev_6:6 ; κατὰ μέσον τ . νυκτός , Act_27:27 (Bl., § 47, 6); ἐκ τοῦ μ . ( Lft ., in l ; Deiss., BS , 252 f .), Col_2:14 ; ἐκ μ .., 2Th_2:7 ; ἐκ τοῦ μ ,, c . gen ., Mat_13:49 , Act_17:33 ; Act_23:10 , 1Co_5:2 , 2Co_6:17 . 3. Neut ., μέσον , adverbially, c . gen ., in the midst of, Mat_14:24 ( WH , txt ., R , mg ., aliter), Php_2:15 (διὰ μέσου\- v. supr .-also Joh_8:50 , R , mg .).†

μέσος [page 399] μέσος is common as an adj. in personal descriptions, e.g. P Ryl II. 128 .30 ( c. A.D. 30) Ἁτρῆ (ς ) (ἐτῶν ) λε οὐ (λὴ ) μετώπ (ῳ ) μέσῳ Hatres, aged 35, with a scar on the middle of the forehead, ib. 154 .3 (A.D. 66) Χαι ]ρήμων . . . οὐλήι ῥινὶ μ [έ ]σηι , Chaeremon with a scar on the middle of the and nose, similarly of height, as in P Oxy I. 73 .13 (A.D. 94) Θαμούνιον . . μέση μελίχρως , Thamounion of middle height, fair : cf. also ib. X. 1260 .10 (A.D. 286) μέσης τοπ (αρχίας ), the middle toparchy. In P Petr I. 12 .8 (iii/B.C.) μέσος is followed by the dat. Λύκιος . . μέσος μεγέθει . The neut. μέσον is frequently found in adverbial expressions : e.g. ἀνὰ μέσον P Ryl II. 166 .11 (A.D. 26) γύης δημόσις ἀνὰ μέσον οὔσης δ [ιώ ]ρυγος , a plot of state land separated by a dyke (Edd.), P Oxy IX. 1200 .18 (A.D. 266) ἐν τοῖς ἀνὰ μέσον μέρεσι τῆς κώμης , in the middle part of the village : εἰς τὸ μέσον P Gen I. 11 .7 (A.D. 350 τὸ στάβλον τῶν ὄνων , τὸ εἰς τὸ μέσον καὶ ἐκ νότου τῆς οἰκία [ς ] ἀστέγαστον ὄν , cf. P Mon 1 .36 (A.D. 574) ἐλθόντος εἰς μέσον : ἐκ μέσου P Hib I. 73 .14 (B.C. 243 2) ἐγ μέσου ἀ̣ [φήιρηκεν αὐτόν ( sc. ὄνον ), has removed it from my reach (Edd.), BGU II. 388 ii. 23 (ii/iii A.D.) ἆρον ταῦτα ἐκ τοῦ μ [έ ]σ̣ [ου (cf. Col_2:14 and Epict. iii. 3. 15 αἶρε ἐκ το μέσου ). Several good exx. of the improper preposition ἀνὰ μέσον will be found s.v. ἀνά . On ἐμ μέσῳ for ἐν μέσῳ in certain good MSS. of the NT, but never in ΰ BDD 2 , see WH Notes2 , p. 157, and on μέσον c. gen. with the force of a preposition of a preposition, as in Mat_14:24 ΰ , Php_2:15 , Luk_8:7 D, and in LXX Exo_14:27 al., see Hatzidakis Einl. p. 214, where the usage is traced to Semitic influence, but cf. the classical exx. in LS V. 1, and Epict. ii. 22. 10 βάλε καὶ σοῦ καὶ τοῦ παιδίου μέσον ἀγρίδιον , throw an estate between thyself and the child (Sharp, p. 94). The MGr μέσα (᾽ς ) is similarly used : see Thumb Handbook , p. 108. For μεσίδιον = in consegna (Ed.), cf. PSI VI. 551 .10 (B.C. 272 1).

μέσος "middle, in the middle", Lat. medius, Hom. , etc.; μέσον σάκος "the middle or centre" of the shield, Il. ; ἐν αἰθέρι μέσῳ in "mid" air, Soph. ; with the Art. following, διὰ μέσης τῆς πόλεως, ἐν μ. τῇ χώρᾳ Xen. with a Verb, ἔχεται μέσος "by the middle, by the waist", proverb. from the wrestling-ring, Ar. μ. δικαστής ῀ μεσίτης, a judge "between two", an umpire, Thuc. ὁ μέσος (sc. δάκτυλος) Plat. of Time, μέσον ἦμαρ "mid-" day, Hom. ; μέσαι νύκτες Hdt. ; also, μέσον τῆς ἡμέρας id=Hdt. "middling, moderate", μέσος ἀνήρ a man "of middle rank", id=Hdt. ; μ. πολίτης Thuc. ; also οἱ διὰ μέσου the "moderate or neutral" party, id=Thuc. "middling", i. e. "middling good", Plat. μέσον epic μέσσον, ου, as Subst. "the middle, the space between", ἐν μέσσῳ, for ἐν μεταιχμίῳ, Il. ; or without ἐν, ἔνθορε μέσσῳ he leaped "into the middle", id=Il. ; οἱ ἐν μ. λόγοι the "intervening" words, Soph. ; τὰ ἐν μ. what "went between", id=Soph. ; ἐν μ. ἡμῶν καὶ βασιλέως "between" us and him, Xen. ; ἐν μ. νυκτῶν at "mid" night, id=Xen. ; ἆθλα κείμενα ἐν μέσῳ prizes set up "for all to contend for", Dem. ;—so in pl., κεῖτο δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐν μέσσοισι Il. ἐς μέσον, ἐς μ. ἀμφοτέρων Hom. ; ἐς μ. τιθέναι τισί τι to set a prize "before all", for all to contest, Lat. in medio ponere, Il. ; ἐς τὸ μ. τιθέναι to propose, bring forward "in public", Hdt. ; ἐς τὸ μ. λέγειν to speak "before all", id=Hdt. ; ἐς μ. Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ πρήγματα to give up the power "in common to all", id=Hdt. ἐκ τοῦ μέσου καθέζεσθαι to keep "clear of" a contest, i. e. remain neutral, id=Hdt. διὰ μέσου = μεταξύ, "between", id=Hdt. , Thuc. ; and of Time, "meanwhile", Hdt. , Thuc. ἀνὰ μέσον "midway between", Theocr. κατὰ μέσσον, ῀ ἐν μέσῳ, Il. τὸ μέσον, also, "the difference, average", Hdt. , Thuc. "the middle state or mean", Lat. mediocritas, Arist. ; παντὶ μέσῳ τὸ κράτος θεὸς ὤπασεν Aesch. adv. μέσον, epic μέσσον, "in the middle", Hom. : c. gen. "between", οὐρανοῦ μ. χθονός τε Eur. in attic μέσως, "moderately", id=Eur. ; καὶ μέσως even "a little", Thuc. ; μέσως βεβιωκέναι "in a middle way", i. e. neither well nor ill, Plat. irreg. comp. μεσαίτερος (cf. μεσαῖος) id=Plat. ; Sup. μεσαίτατος Hdt. , etc.

μέσος, -η, -ον [in LXX chiefly for תָּוֶךְ ;] middle, in the middle or midst; __1. prop., as an adj.: Luk.23:45, Jhn.19:18, Act.1:18; with genitive pl., Luk.22:55, Jhn.1:26; genitive temp. (Bl., § 36, 13), μέσης νυκτός, Mat.25:6; μ. ἡμέρας, Act.26:13. __2. In adverbial phrases, neut., μέσον, τὸ μ., as subst.: ἀνὰ μέσον, with genitive, between (cl.; in LXX: Gen.1:4, al.), elliptically (but see M, Pr., 99), 1Co.6:5; = ἐν μ., among, in the midst of (El., § 39, 2; 40, 8; cf. in LXX: Jos.19:1, Sir.27:2), Mat.13:25, Mrk.7:31, Rev.7:17; διὰ μέσου, with genitive, Luk.4:30; διὰ μέσον (Rec. -ου, see 81., § 42, 1), between, Luk.17:11 (ICC, in l); εἰς τὸ μ. (see: εἰς), Mrk.3:3, Luk.4:35 5:19 6:8, Jhn.20:19, 26; εἰς μ., Mrk.14:60; ἐν τῷ μ., Mat.14:6; ἐν μ., Jos.8:3, 9, Act.4:7; with, genitive loc., Mrk.6:47, Luk.21:21 22:55, Act.17:22, Heb.2:12" (LXX), Rev.4:6 5:6 22:2. with genitive pl., Mat.10:16 18:2, 20, Mrk.9:36, Luk.2:46 8:7 10:3 22:27 24:36, Act.1:15 2:22 27:21, 1Th.2:7, Rev.1:13 2:1 5:6 6:6; κατὰ μέσον τ. νυκτός, Act.27:27 (Bl., § 47, 6); ἐκ τοῦ μ. (Lft., in l; Deiss., BS, 252 f.), Col.2:14; ἐκ μ.., 2Th.2:7; ἐκ τοῦ μ., with genitive, Mat.13:49, Act.17:33 23:10, 1Co.5:2, 2Co.6:17. __3. Neut., μέσον, adverbially, with genitive, in the midst of, Mat.14:24 (WH, txt., R, mg., aliter), Php.2:15 (διὰ μέσου­see supr.-also Jhn.8:50, R, mg.).† (AS)