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)

middle; in the middle; midst; between; among; in the midst of