noun · neuter
mesouranēmem
Strong’sG3321
the middle of heaven
stem mesouranēm-3 times in the New Testament1 of 6 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.
*† μεσουράνημα, -τος, τό
(< μεσουρανέω, to be in mid-heaven, of the sun at the meridian),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3321 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
culmination, Refs 1st c.BC+
2 mid-heaven, zenith, NT
3 μ. κόσμου title of Aries as having been on the meridian at the Creation, Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 name of the tenth τόπος, Refs
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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | mesouranēmem | mesouranēmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | mesouranēmeu | mesouranēmeiu |
| to, for dative | mesouranēme3×μεσουρανήματι | mesouranēmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mesouranēme 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
mesouranēme“midheaven”to, fordative singular3×
Revelation 8:13“midheaven”… kai akouama henou aetou petorōntou en mesouranēme legarōntou fōna mega; Ouai ouai ouai …And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those …
Revelation 14:6“midheaven”Kai horama alloson angelon petorōnton en mesouranēme, echarōnton euangeliem aiōniem euangelizara epi toin …Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell …
Revelation 19:17“midheaven”… pantei tei ornithei tei petorōntei en mesouranēme; Deute sunagivar eis tem deipnem tem …… cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,