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In the New Testament, it is primarily used to describe Jesus Christ as the mediator between God and humanity, highlighting His role in reconciling sinful humans to a holy God through His sacrificial death and resurrection.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, a mediator was often a neutral party who facilitated negotiations or resolved disputes. In the context of the New Testament, the concept of a mediator is deeply rooted in the Jewish understanding of a priestly role, where the priest acted as an intermediary between God and the people. Jesus, as the ultimate High Priest, fulfills this role perfectly, bridging the gap caused by sin.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3316</b> <i>mesítēs</i> (from <a href="/greek/3319.htm">3319</a> <i>/mésos</i>, "in the middle") – properly, an arbitrator ("mediator"), guaranteeing the performance of all the <i>terms</i> stipulated in a covenant (agreement).</p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/3316.htm">3316</a> <i>/mesítēs</i> (a "mediator") intervenes to restore peace between two parties, especially as it fulfills a compact or ratifies a covenant.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/3319.htm">mesos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>an arbitrator, a mediator<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>mediator (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3316: μεσίτης</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">μεσίτης</span></span>, <span class="greek2">μεσίτου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (<span class="greek2">μέσος</span>), one who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore peace and friendship, or to form g compact, or for ratifying a covenant: <span class="accented">a medium of communication, arbitrator</span> (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span> (and <span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span>) <span class="accented">mediator</span>): <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">μεσίτης</span> (generic article cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 18, 1 under the end), i. e. every mediator, whoever acts as mediator, <span class="greek2">ἑνός</span> <span class="greek2">οὐκ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐστι</span>, does not belong to one party but to two or more, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-20.htm">Galatians 3:20</a>. Used of Moses, as one who brought the commands of God to the people of Israel and acted as mediator with God on behalf of the people, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-19.htm">Galatians 3:19</a> (cf. <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/5-5.htm">Deuteronomy 5:5</a>; hence, he is called <span class="greek2">μεσίτης</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">διαλλακτής</span> by <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> also, vit. Moys. iii. § 19). Christ is called the <span class="greek2">μεσίτης</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἀνθρώπων</span>, since he interposed by his death and restored the harmony between God and man which human sin had broken, <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>; also <span class="greek2">μεσίτης</span> <span class="greek2">διαθήκης</span>, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-6.htm">Hebrews 8:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-15.htm">Hebrews 9:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-24.htm">Hebrews 12:24</a>. (<span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span> 28, 15, 8; <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> 4, 54; <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> de somn. i. § 22; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 16, 2, 2; <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, de Isa. et Os. 46; once in the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>, <a href="/interlinear/job/9-33.htm">Job 9:33</a>.) Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 351ff<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>mediator. <p>From <a href="/greek/3319.htm">mesos</a>; a go-between, i.e. (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor) -- mediator. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3319.htm">mesos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>μεσιτη μεσίτη μεσίτῃ μεσιτης μεσίτης μεσιτου μεσίτου mesite mesitē mesítei mesítēi mesites mesitēs mesítes mesítēs mesitou mesítou<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/galatians/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 3:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν χειρὶ <b>μεσίτου</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> by the agency <span class="itali">of a mediator,</span> until<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the hand <span class="itali">of a mediator.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in [the] hand <span class="itali">of a mediator</span><p><b><a href="/text/galatians/3-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 3:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὁ δὲ <b>μεσίτης</b> ἑνὸς οὐκ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Now <span class="itali">a mediator</span> is not for one<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Now <span class="itali">a mediator</span> is not<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> moreover <span class="itali">a mediator</span> of one not<p><b><a href="/text/1_timothy/2-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Timothy 2:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἷς καὶ <b>μεσίτης</b> θεοῦ καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_timothy/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [and] one <span class="itali">mediator</span> also<br><a href="/kjvs/1_timothy/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and one <span class="itali">mediator</span> between God and<br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/2-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> one moreover <span class="itali">mediator</span> between God and<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/8-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 8:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐστιν διαθήκης <b>μεσίτης</b> ἥτις ἐπὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as He is also <span class="itali">the mediator</span> of a better<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he is <span class="itali">the mediator</span> of a better<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he is covenant <span class="itali">mediator</span> which upon<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/9-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 9:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διαθήκης καινῆς <b>μεσίτης</b> ἐστίν ὅπως</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> reason <span class="itali">He is the mediator</span> of a new<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he is <span class="itali">the mediator</span> of the new<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of a covenant new <span class="itali">mediator</span> he is so that<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 12:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Singular">N-DMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διαθήκης νέας <b>μεσίτῃ</b> Ἰησοῦ καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and to Jesus, <span class="itali">the mediator</span> of a new<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to Jesus <span class="itali">the mediator</span> of the new<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of a covenant new <span class="itali">mediator</span> to Jesus and<p><b><a href="/greek/3316.htm">Strong's Greek 3316</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3316.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/mesite__3316.htm">μεσίτῃ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/mesite_s_3316.htm">μεσίτης — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/mesitou_3316.htm">μεσίτου — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3315.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3315"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3315" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3317.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3317"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3317" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>