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mesitēs G3316

μεσίτης (mesitēs) means “mediator” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

μεσίτης Greek · G3316 6 tagged occurrences in 6 verses

Pronunciation guide: mes-ee'-tace Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3316

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) a mediator, intermediary, (b) a go-between, arbiter, agent of something good.

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How translators render G3316

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
a mediator 2
the mediator 2
he mediates 1
mediator 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the mediator 3
a mediator 1
mediator 1
of a mediator 1

Verses containing G3316

Page 1 of 1. 6 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Galatians 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why 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.

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  2. Galatians 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.

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  3. 1 Timothy 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

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  4. Hebrews 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

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  5. Hebrews 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore 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.

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  6. Hebrews 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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