μέσος

μέσος, -η, -ον

[in LXX chiefly for תָּוֶךְ ;]

middle, in the middle or midst;

1. prop., as an adj.: Luk 23,45, Joh 19,18, ApG 1,18; with genitive pl., Luk 22,55, Joh 1,26; genitive temp. (Bl., § 36, 13), μέσης νυκτός, Matt 25,6 μ. ἡμέρας, ApG 26,13,

2. In adverbial phrases, neut., μέσον, τὸ μ., as subst.: ἀνὰ μέσον, with genitive, between (cl.; in LXX: 1 Mos 1,4, al.), elliptically (but see M, Pr., 99), 1 Kor 6,5 = ἐν μ., among, in the midst of (El., § 39, 2; 40, 8; cf. in LXX: Jos 19,1, Sir 27,2), Matt 13,25, Mark 7,31, Åb 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), Mark 3,3, Luk 4,35; 5,19; 6,8, Joh 20,19, 26; εἰς μ., Mark 14,60 ἐν τῷ μ., Matt 14,6 ἐν μ., Jos 8,3, 9, ApG 4,7; with, genitive loc., Mark 6,47, Luk 21,21; 22,55, ApG 17,22, Hebr 2,12" (LXX), Åb 4,6; 5,6; 22,2. with genitive pl., Matt 10,16; 18,2, 20, Mark 9,36, Luk 2,46; 8,7; 10,3; 22,27; 24,36, ApG 1,15; 2,22; 27,21, 1 Thess 2,7, Åb 1,13; 2,1; 5,6; 6,6; κατὰ μέσον τ. νυκτός, ApG 27,27 (Bl., § 47, 6); ἐκ τοῦ μ. (Lft., in l; Deiss., BS, 252 f.), Kol 2,14 ἐκ μ.., 2 Thess 2,7 ἐκ τοῦ μ., with genitive, Matt 13,49, ApG 17,33; 23,10, 1 Kor 5,2, 2 Kor 6,17.

3. Neut., μέσον, adverbially, with genitive, in the midst of, Matt 14,24 (WH, txt., R, mg., aliter), Fil 2,15 (διὰ μέσου­see supr.-also Joh 8,50, R, mg.).†