Word Summary
mesouranēma: the zenith, mid-heaven
Original Word: μεσουράνημαTransliteration: 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: μεσουράνημαμεσουράνημα,
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.)