Mediator
μεσίτηςStrong’s G3316mesitēs
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mesitēs is the Greek word usually translated “mediator”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”
Meaning
Usually translated “mediator”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- mediator 4
- of a mediator 1
- a mediator 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 3
- Galatians 2
- 1 Timothy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Galatians 3:19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- Galatians 3:20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
- Hebrews 8:6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- Hebrews 9:15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
- Hebrews 12:24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Greek dictionary
μεσίτης mesitēs · mediator
μεσίτης, -ου, ὁ (μέσος), [in LXX: Job.9:33 (בֵּין)* ;] an arbitrator, mediator: Gal.3:19; with dupl. genitive of person(s), θεοῦ κ. ἀνθρώπων, 1Ti.2:5; with genitive of thing(s), διαθήκης, Heb.8:6 9:15 12:24; ὁ δε μ. ἑνὸς οὐκ ἔστιν, Gal.3:20 (see Lft., in l; and for exx. of this word in π., see MM, xvi).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mediator” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MEDIA'TOR, noun
One that interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them.
- By way of eminence, Christ is the mediator the divine intercessor through whom sinners may be reconciled to an offended God.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.