metaxu

Strong’sG3342

meanwhile, afterwards, between

stem metaxu-9 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 booksnever changes form

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.

μεταξύ

(< μετά + ξύν = σύν), [in LXX: Ge 31:50, Jg 5:27, III Ki 15:6; 15:32, Wi 4:10 16:19 18:23*;]

1. adv. of place and time (in NT time only);

(a) between: ἐν τῷ μ. (s.c. χρόνῳ), Jo 4:31;

(b) in late writers (FlJ, Plut., al.), like μετά (adv.), after, afterwards: τὸ μ. σάββατον, Ac 13:42 (cf. Cl., Ro., I Co., 44, 2).

2. Prep. c. gen., between: of place, Mt 23:35, Lk 11:51 16:26, Ac 12:6; of persons, as to mutual relation, Mt 18:15, Ac 15:9, Ro 2:15.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3342 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmet-ax-oo'

betwixt (of place or person); (of time) as adjective, intervening, or (by implication) adjoining

Fromfrom G3326 and a form of G4862;

King Jamesbetween, mean while, next.

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

μεταξύ
(late form μετοξύ Refs 1st c.AD+, adverb, (μετά, ξύν) properly in the midst: hence,
I as adverb,
I.1 of Place, betwixt, between, once in Refs 8th c.BC+
I.2 of Time, between-whiles, meanwhile, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ μ. the intervening events, Refs 5th c.BC+present participle, μ. ὀρύσσων ἐπαύσατο in the midst of his digging, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐξαναστάντες μ. δειπνοῦντες in the middle of supper, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀπαγχομένη μ. κατεκλίθη (κατεκωλύθη Blass), i. e. in the interval between this and reviving, Refs 5th c.BC+ in the middle of my discourse, Refs 5th c.BC+participle, μ. ὑπολαβεῖν to interrupt, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν τῷ μ. (i.e. χρόνῳ) Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2.b in late writers, like{μετά} (adverb), after, afterwards, τὸ μ. σάββατον the next Sabbath, NT; οἱ μ. τούτων βασιλεῖς the kings who followed them, Refs 1st c.AD+; οἱ μ. τούτων, = Latin posterieorum, Refs
I.3 of Qualities, τὰ μ. intermediate, i.e. neither good nor bad, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.4 of Degree, ὅσον τὸ μ. how great is the difference, Refs 4th c.BC+
I.5 Grammars, the neuter gender, Refs 4th c.BC+
II as preposition with genitive, between, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ μ. τῶν λόγων διηγήσεις the explanations between the speeches, Refs; but μ. τῶν λόγων if I may interrupt the argument, Refs; μ. τῶν βασιλέων among kings, Refs 1st c.AD+; between parties to an agreement, τιμὴ ἡ συμφωνηθεῖσα μ. τινῶν Refs 4th c.AD+; τὰ μ. σύμφωνα the terms agreed between the parties, Refs 5th c.AD+: sometimes one of the extremes is omitted, ἄνωθεν τῶν Θυεστείων ῥακῶν μ. τῶν Ἰνοῦς Refs 5th c.BC+
II.b μ. θύρας in the opening of the door, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 of Time, ὁ μ. τῆς δίκης τε καὶ τοῦ θανάτου [χρόνος] Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ μ. τούτου meanwhile, Refs 5th c.BC+: as a preposition, it may either precede or follow its case, but more frequently precedes,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.

between6×after1×meanwhile1×next1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

9 occurrences, every one of them listed

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Matthew 18:15“between”… tos adelfos su, hupagasōr elenchasar auton metaxu su kai autou monou. ean su …If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won …

Matthew 23:35… haimeu Zachariou huiou Barachiou, hon foneuava metaxu tou naou kai teu thusiastērieu.… son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Luke 11:51… Habel heōs haimeu Zachariou tou apolerantou metaxu teu thusiastērieu kai tou oikou; nai, …… blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes …

Luke 16:26kai en pantei houtei metaxu nu kai vu chasmem megem stērizotē, …… a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even …

Acts 12:6… nukta ekeina ate tos Petros koimorōntos metaxu duo stratiōtoiu dorēntos halusiai duo, fulakois …… him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains …

Acts 15:9kai oudenem diakrinata metaxu nu tē kai auteiu, ta pistia …He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed …

Romans 2:15“after”… autoiu, summarturarōntau autoiu tau suneidēsiau kai metaxu allēloiu toiu logismoiu katēgorarōntoiu ē kai …… their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

John 4:31En te metaxu erōtale auton tois mathētois legarōntois; Rabbi, …Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat …

Acts 13:42Exeiarōntoiu de autoiu parakalale eis tem metaxu sabbatem lalira autoi teim rēmeim houteim.… to continue this message on the next Sabbath.