mevso" mevso", mevsh/, mevson (from Homer down), middle (Latin medius, media, medium);1. as an adjective: mevsh" nuktov", at midnight, ; mevsh" hJmevra", (according to Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 53, 54, 465, the better writings said mevson hJmevra", mesousa hJmevra, meshmbriva); with the genitive: (ejkavqhto oJ Pevtro" mevso" aujtw'n, (R G L ejn mevsw/)); mevso" uJmw'n e{sthke (others, sthvkei), stands in the midst of you, (Plato, de rep. 1, p. 330 b.; polit., p. 303 a.); ejscivsqh mevson (the veil) was rent in the midst, (Winer's Grammar, 131 (124) note); ejlavkhse mevso", ; (ejstauvrwsan) mevson tovn !Ihsou'n, .2. the neuter tov mevson or (without the article in adverb. phrases, as diav mevsou, ejn mevsw/, cf. Winer's Grammar, 123 (117); (cf. Buttmann, sec. 125, 6)) mevson is used as a substantive; the Septuagint for &w<T; (construction state &/T), and br,q,; the midst: ajnav mevson (see ajnav, 1 (and added note below)); diav mevsou (tivno"), through the midst (; ()): aujtw'n, through the midst of them, ; (Rec.); Samareiva", (R G, but L T Tr WH diav mevson, (see diav, B. I.); others take the phrase here in the sense of between (Xenophon, an. 1, 4, 4; Aristotle, de anim. 2, 11 vol. i., p. 423{b}, 12; see Liddell and Scott, under the word, III. 1 d.); cf. Meyer, Weiss (at the place cited) and added note below); eij" tov mevson, into the midst, i. e., according to the context, either the middle of a room or the midst of those assembled in it: ; Rec.; ; ; ; ,; eij" mevson (cf. German mittenhin), G L T Tr WH; ejn tw'/ mevsw/, in the middle of the apartment or before the guests, ; ejn mevsw/, in the midst of the place spoken of, ,; in the middle of the room, before all, ; with the genitive of place, Rec.; ; (equivalent to German mittenauf) th'" plateiva", (but see below); add, a; ; th'" qalavssh", in the midst (of the surface of) the sea, ; with the genitive plural in the midst of, amongst: with gen of things; ; ; ; ; ; with the genitive of person, ; ; ; b there T Tr WH mevso"; see 1 above); ; ; ; ; (b? (see below); ); tropically, ejn mevsw/ aujtw'n eijmiv, I am present with them by my divine power, ; with the genitive of a collective noun,