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2.
(
$
, 1035), akin to No. 1, denotes (a) “the act of eating,” 1 Cor. 8:4 (see
EAT
); (b) “food,” translated “meat” in John 4:32 (for v. 34, see No. 1); 6:27 (twice, the
second time metaphorically, of spiritual food); 6:55,
RV
, marg., “(true) meat”; Rom.
14:17,
KJV
, “meat,”
RV
, “eating”; Col. 2:16; in Heb. 12:16,
RV
, “mess of meat,”
KJV
,
“morsel of meat”; in 2 Cor. 9:10, “food”; in Matt. 6:19, 20, “rust.” See
EAT
,
EATING
, B.¶
3.
(
$0
, 1034), “eatable,” Luke 24:41,
KJV
, “any meat” (
RV
, “anything
to eat”). See
EAT
, C.¶
4.
(
$ )
, 5160), “nourishment, food,” is translated “meat” in the
KJV
(
RV
“food”) except in two instances. See
FOOD
, No. 1.
5.
(
1
, 5315), “to eat,” is used as a noun, in the infinitive mood, and
translated “meat” in Matt. 25:35, 42 (lit., “to eat”); in Luke 8:55 the
RV
translates it
literally, “to eat” (
KJV
, “meat”). See
EAT
, No. 2.
6.
(
$1
, 5132), “a table” (Eng., “trapeze”), is used, by metonymy, of “the
food on the table,” in Acts 16:34 (
RV
, marg., “a table”) and translated “meat”; cf. “table”
in Rom. 11:9; 1 Cor. 10:21. See
TABLE
.
Notes:
(1) For
, John 21:5,
KJV
, “any meat,” see
EAT
, B, No. 2. (2) In
Luke 12:42,
denotes “a measured portion of food” (
, “food,” metrios,
“within measure”). (3) In Matt. 15:37 and Mark 8:8, the
KJV
translates the plural of
, “a broken piece” (from
, “to break”), “broken meat” (
RV
, “broken pieces”).
(4) In John 12:2,
RV
,
, “to recline at table,” is translated “sat at meat” (
KJV
, “sat
at the table”); in Mark 6:26,
RV
, according to the best mss., “sat at meat,” some have
$
(
KJV
, “sat with him”); in Mark 6:22,
RV
,
$
, “to recline at table
together,” is translated “that sat at meat with him.” (5) In Acts 15:29,
KJV
, the neuter
plural of
$
, “sacrificed to idols,” is translated “meats offered to idols” (
RV
,
“things … ,” as elsewhere in the
KJV
). See
IDOLS
(
OFFERED TO
). (6) For
, “to sit
down to (recline at) meat,” see
SIT
, No. 7.
MEDIATOR
(
&
, 3316), lit., “a go-between” (from
, “middle,” and
, “to
go”), is used in two ways in the NT, (a) “one who mediates” between two parties with a
view to producing peace, as in 1 Tim. 2:5, though more than mere “mediatorship” is in
view, for the salvation of men necessitated that the Mediator should Himself possess the
nature and attributes of Him towards whom He acts, and should likewise participate in
the nature of those for whom He acts (sin apart); only by being possessed both of deity
and humanity could He comprehend the claims of the one and the needs of the other;
further, the claims and the needs could be met only by One who, Himself being proved
sinless, would offer Himself an expiatory sacrifice on behalf of men; (b) “one who acts as
a guarantee” so as to secure something which otherwise would not be obtained. Thus in
Heb. 8:6; 9:15; 12:24 Christ is the Surety of “the better covenant,” “the new covenant,”
guaranteeing its terms for His people.
In Gal. 3:19 Moses is spoken of as a “mediator,” and the statement is made that “a
mediator is not a mediator of one,” v. 20, that is, of one party. Here the contrast is