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μεταξύ metaxu · G3342

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between/meanwhile

μεταξύ; (μετά + ξύν = σύν), [in LXX: Gen.31:50, Jdg.5:27, III Ki 15:6; 3Ki.15:32, Wis.4:10 16:19 18:23 * ; ] ; 1. adv. of place and time (in NT time only); (a) between: ἐν τῷ μ. (s.with χρόνῳ), Jhn.4:31; (b) in late writers (FlJ, Plut., al.), like μετά (adv.), after, afterwards: τὸ μ. σάββατον, Act.13:42 (cf. Cl., Ro., I Co., 44, 2). ; 2. Prep. with genitive, between: of place, Mat.23:35, Luk.11:51 16:26, Act.12:6; of persons, as to mutual relation, Mat.18:15, Act.15:9, Rom.2:1-29 15:1-33.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

μεταξύ ; (late form μετοξύ [], adverb, (μετά, ξύν) properly in the midst: hence, ; I as adverb, ; I.1 of Place, betwixt, between, once in []; I.2 of Time, between-whiles, meanwhile, []; τὰ μ. the intervening events, []present participle, μ. ὀρύσσων ἐπαύσατο in the midst of his digging, []; ἐξαναστάντες μ. δειπνοῦντες in the middle of supper, []; ἀπαγχομένη μ. κατεκλίθη (κατεκωλύθη Blass), i. e. in the interval between this and reviving, [] in the middle of my discourse, []participle, μ. …

Where it's used 9 times

Matthew 18:15 · Matthew 23:35 · Luke 11:51 · Luke 16:26 · John 4:31 · Acts 12:6 · Acts 13:42 · Acts 15:9 · Romans 2:15

Source: TBESG G3342; TFLSJ G3342

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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