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μέσος
mésos · Greek · Strong's G3319 · 61 occurrences
The KJV renders 11 different Hebrew and Greek words as “way”
What it means
middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun)
from G3326 (μετά);
How the KJV renders it
among, x before them, between, midday, night, midst, way
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“way”
“among”
also renders bêyn (H997)
Questions this word decides
- What does Romans 14:5 mean about esteeming one day above another?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
- Is the rapture biblical?
- What happens to those who never heard the gospel?
Where it appears
61 occurrences in the Greek text, first 57 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 5:2 A-GSN1 Corinthians 6:5 A-ASN1 Thessalonians 2:7 A-DSN2 Corinthians 6:17 A-GSN2 Thessalonians 2:7 A-GSNActs 1:15 A-DSNActs 1:18 A-NSMActs 2:22 A-DSNActs 4:7 A-DSNActs 17:22 A-DSNActs 17:33 A-GSNActs 23:10 A-GSNActs 26:13 A-GSFActs 27:21 A-DSNActs 27:27 A-ASNColossians 2:14 A-GSNHebrews 2:12 A-DSNJohn 1:26 A-NSMJohn 8:3 A-DSNJohn 8:9 A-DSNJohn 19:18 A-ASNJohn 20:19 A-ASNJohn 20:26 A-ASNLuke 2:46 A-DSNLuke 4:30 A-GSNLuke 4:35 A-ASNLuke 5:19 A-ASNLuke 6:8 A-ASNLuke 8:7 A-DSNLuke 10:3 A-DSNLuke 17:11 A-ASNLuke 21:21 A-DSNLuke 22:27 A-DSNLuke 22:55 A-DSNLuke 23:45 A-ASNLuke 24:36 A-DSNMatthew 10:16 A-DSNMatthew 13:25 A-ASNMatthew 13:49 A-GSNMatthew 14:6 A-DSNMatthew 14:24 A-ASNMatthew 18:2 A-DSNMatthew 18:20 A-DSNMatthew 25:6 A-GSFMark 3:3 A-ASNMark 6:47 A-DSNMark 7:31 A-ASNMark 9:36 A-DSNMark 14:60 A-ASNPhilippians 2:15 A-ASNRevelation 1:13 A-DSNRevelation 2:1 A-DSNRevelation 4:6 A-DSNRevelation 5:6 A-DSNRevelation 6:6 A-DSNRevelation 7:17 A-ASNRevelation 22:2 A-DSN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.