μεσίτης
mesitēsmediatorHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine6 occurrences3 books6 verses
Definition
μεσίτης, -ου, ὁ
(μέσος), [in LXX: Job 9:33 (בֵּין)* ;]
an arbitrator, mediator: Galatians 3:19; with dupl. genitive of person(s), θεοῦ κ. ἀνθρώπων, 1 Timothy 2:5; with genitive of thing(s), διαθήκης, Hebrews 8:6; 9:15; 12:24; ὁ δε μ. ἑνὸς οὐκ ἔστιν, Galatians 3:20 (see Lft., in l; and for exx. of this word in π., see MM, xvi).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Galatians 3:19μεσίτου · a mediatorWhy then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
- Galatians 3:20μεσίτης · A mediatorA mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
- 1 Timothy 2:5μεσίτης · mediatorFor there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Hebrews 8:6μεσίτης · He mediatesNow, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
- Hebrews 9:15μεσίτης · [the] mediatorTherefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
- Hebrews 12:24μεσίτῃ · [the] mediator…to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.