Mesítēs — G3316

Definition

masculine noun

a go-between, i.e. (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor)

1. once in the Sept

Usually translated as

mediator

Origin

from G3319

• mésos (G3319)

Occurrences

Mesítēs occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Galatians (2), 1 Timothy (1), Hebrews (3)

• Galatians 3:19 — Wherefore 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 (μεσίτου).
• Galatians 3:20 — Now a mediator (μεσίτης) is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
• 1 Timothy 2:5 — For there is one God, and one mediator (μεσίτης) between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
• Hebrews 8:6 — But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator (μεσίτης) of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
• Hebrews 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator (μεσίτης) 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 12:24 — And to Jesus the mediator (μεσίτῃ) of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.