μεσίτης
mesitēs · mediator
Greek word · Strong’s number G3316 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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mesitēs (μεσίτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mediator”.
One who stands between two parties to bring them together.
How to say it
me·si·tēs
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One who stands between two parties to unite them.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Galatians 3:19
Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
- Galatians 3:20
Now the mediator is not of one party alone; but God is one.
- 1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and people, a man, the Messiah Jesus,
- Hebrews 8:6
But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
- Hebrews 9:15
And for this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
- Hebrews 12:24
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than the blood of Abel.