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|strgr=from [[μεσίτης]]; to [[interpose]] (as [[arbiter]]), i.e (by [[implication]]) to [[ratify]] (as [[surety]]): [[confirm]].
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|txtha=1st aorist ἐμεσίτευσα; ([[μεσίτης]] (cf. Winer's Grammar, p. 25e.));<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[act]] as [[mediator]], [[between]] litigating or covenanting parties; translated as to [[accomplish]] [[something]] by interposing [[between]] [[two]] parties, to [[mediate]], ([[with]] the accusative of the [[result]]): [[τήν]] διαλυσιν, [[Polybius]] 11,34, 3; τάς συνθήκας, Diodorus 19,71; [[Dionysius]] [[Halicarnassus]] 9,59; (cf. [[Philo]] de [[plant]]. Noë, 2:2 at the [[end]]).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> as a [[μεσίτης]] is a [[sponsor]] or [[surety]] (Josephus, Antiquities 4,6, 7 [[ταῦτα]] ὀμνυντες ἔλεγον καί [[τόν]] Θεόν μεσιτην ὧν ὑπισχνουντο ποιούμενοι (cf. [[Philo]] de spec. legg. 3:7 ἀοράτῳ δέ πράγματι [[πάντως]] [[ἀόρατος]] μεσιτευει Θεός etc.)), so [[μεσιτεύω]] comes to [[signify]] to [[pledge]] [[oneself]], [[give]] [[surety]]: ὅρκῳ, Hebrews 6:17.
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