verb
mesamō
Strong’sG3322
I am in the middle
stem mes-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μεσόω, -ῶ
(< μέσος), [in LXX: μεσούσης τ. νυκός, Ex 12:29 (חֲצִי), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3322 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmes-o'-o
to form the middle, i.e. (in point of time), to be half-way over
Fromfrom G3319;
King Jamesbe about the midst.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(μέσος) to be in or at the middle, τόδ᾽ ἴσθι, μηδέπω μεσοῦν κακόν Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of Time, μεσοῦσα ἡμέρη midday, Refs 5th c.BC+; θέρους μεσοῦντος in midssummer, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς ἥλιον μεσοῦντα to wards midday, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 with genitive, to be in the middle of, τῆς ἀναβάσιος Refs 5th c.BC+; μεσοῦντα τῆς ἀρχῆς in the middle of his time of office, Refs 4th c.BC+: and with participle, μεσοῦν δειπνοῦντας Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| mesarōntauμεσούσης | happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive singular feminine | about the middle | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mesamō | mesame | mesami | mesama | mesamē | mesamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | mesasō | mesase | mesasi | mesasa | mesasē | mesaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mesatō | mesate | mesati | mesata | mesatē | mesatelē |
| we 1st person plural | mesanō | mesane | mesani | mesana | mesanē | mesanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mesavō | mesave | mesavi | mesava | mesavē | mesavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | mesalō | mesale | mesali | mesala | mesalē | mesalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mesameiō | mesameia | mesameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | mesaseiō | mesaseia | mesaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mesateiō | mesateia | mesateiē |
| we 1st person plural | mesaneiō | mesaneia | mesaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mesaveiō | mesaveia | mesaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | mesaleiō | mesaleia | mesaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | mesasōr | mesasar | mesasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mesatōr | mesatar | mesatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | mesavōr | mesavar | mesavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | mesalōr | mesalar | mesalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mesamoiō | mesamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | mesasoiō | mesasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mesatoiō | mesatoia |
| we 1st person plural | mesanoiō | mesanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | mesavoiō | mesavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | mesaloiō | mesaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | mesarō | mesari | mesara | mesarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | mesarōntos1× | mesarintos | mesarantos | mesarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
mes is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
mesarōntau“about the middle”happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive singular feminine1×
John 7:14“about the middle”Ēdē de tau heortau mesarōntau anabainata Iēsus eis tem hierem kai …… halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to …