<1,,303 3349,ana meson> lit., "up to the middle of," i.e., among, or in the midst of, hence, between, is used in 1Co 6:5, of those in the church able to decide between brother and brother, instead of their going to law with one another in the world's courts.
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"in the midst, or between" (from meta, and xun, i.e., sun, "with"), is used as a preposition, (a) of mutual relation, Mat 18:15, Act 15:9, Rom 2:15, RV, "one with another," lit., "between one another," for AV, "the meanwhile;" (b) of place, Mat 23:35, Luk 11:51, Luk 16:26, Act 12:6; (c) of time, "meanwhile," Joh 4:31. In Act 13:42, the AV marg. has "in the week between," the literal rendering. See WHILE.
Note: The phrase ek meta (ek, "out of," meta, "with") is translated "between ... and" in the AV of Joh 3:25 (RV, "on the part of ... with").
