STRONGS NUMBER G3321


Word Summary
mesouranēma: the zenith, mid-heaven
Original Word: μεσουράνημα
Transliteration: mesouranēma
Phonetic Spelling: (mes-oo-ran'-ay-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: the zenith, mid-heaven
Meaning: the zenith, mid-heaven
Strong's Concordance
midst of heaven.

From a presumed compound of mesos and ouranos; mid-sky -- midst of heaven.

see GREEK mesos

see GREEK ouranos

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3321: μεσουράνημα

μεσουράνημα, μεσουρανηματος, τό (from μεσουρανέω; the sun is said μεσουράνειν to be in mid-heaven, when it has reached the meridian), mid-heaven, the highest point in the heavens, which the sun occupies at noon. where what is done can be seen and heard by all: Revelation 8:13 (cf. Düsterdieck at the passage); . (Manetho, Plutarch, Sextus Empiricus.)