Bible Dictionary: Medium

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

2. (n.) See Mean.

3. (n.) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

4. (n.) A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted.

5. (n.) An average.

6. (n.) A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.

7. (n.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.

8. (a.) Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

Topical Bible Verses

Leviticus 19:31
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
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Acts 8:9-13
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
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Isaiah 8:19
And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead?
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2 Kings 21:6
And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he worked much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
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Strong's Hebrew

1172. baalah -- a mistress
... 1171, 1172. baalah. 1173 . a mistress. Transliteration: baalah Phonetic Spelling:
(bah-al-aw') Short Definition: medium. Word Origin fem. ...
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178. ob -- a bottle (made from animal skin), a necromancer
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition a bottle (made from animal skin), a
necromancer NASB Word Usage medium (2), medium* (3), mediums (9), spirit (1 ...
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7592. shaal -- to ask, inquire
... desires (1), earnestly asked (1), earnestly asked leave (1), greet* (5), greeted*
(1), inquire (6), inquired (18), inquires (1), making (2), medium* (1), pray ...
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Library

Of the Medium of the Angelic Knowledge (Three Articles)
... OF THE MEDIUM OF THE ANGELIC KNOWLEDGE (THREE ARTICLES). Next in order, the
question arises as to the medium of the angelic knowledge. ...
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Whether the Son of God Assumed Flesh through the Medium of the ...
... OF THE ORDER OF ASSUMPTION (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the Son of God assumed
flesh through the medium of the soul? Objection 1: It would ...
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Whether the Son of God Assumed a Soul through the Medium of the ...
... OF THE ORDER OF ASSUMPTION (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the Son of God assumed
a soul through the medium of the spirit or mind? Objection ...
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Whether the Whole Human Nature was Assumed through the Medium of ...
... OF THE ORDER OF ASSUMPTION (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the whole human nature
was assumed through the medium of the parts? Objection ...
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Whether the Human Nature was Assumed through the Medium of Grace?
... OF THE ORDER OF ASSUMPTION (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the human nature was
assumed through the medium of grace? Objection 1: It would ...
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Whether Corporeal Creatures were Produced by God through the ...
... OF THE SIX DAYS (QQ -74)THE WORK OF CREATION OF CORPOREAL CREATURES (FOUR ARTICLES)
Whether corporeal creatures were produced by God through the medium of the ...
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Whether the Intellectual Soul is United to the Body through the ...
... OF THE UNION OF BODY AND SOUL (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the intellectual soul is
united to the body through the medium of accidental dispositions? ...
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Whether Faith Remains after this Life?
... we must observe that knowledge can be imperfect in three ways: first, on the part
of the knowable object; secondly, on the part of the medium; thirdly, on the ...
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Whether the Angels Know all Things by their Substance?
... OF THE MEDIUM OF THE ANGELIC KNOWLEDGE (THREE ARTICLES) Whether the angels
know all things by their substance? Objection 1: It would ...
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Whether Habit is a Quality?
... Now among things which are had, there seems to be this distinction, that there are
some in which there is no medium between the "haver" and that which is had ...
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Thesaurus

Medium (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another;
as, air is the common medium of sound. ...Medium (4 Occurrences). ...
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Astrology
... The word ('obh) means "bottle" and either indicates that the medium was the receptacle
of the spirit or is a relic of the old tradition that genii (jinns ...
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Organ (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or
an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, tax gatherers ...
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Ether (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all
space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of ...
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Mediums (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Medium. Multi-Version Concordance
Mediums (10 Occurrences). Leviticus 19:31 "'Don't turn ...
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Media (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) pl. of Medium. ... Also called middle mute, or
medial, and sometimes soft mute. 3. (n.) Plural of Medium. Int. ...
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Money (284 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and
issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial ...
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Mediterranean

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Mediator (7 Occurrences)
... This word is used in the New Testament to denote simply an internuncius, an ambassador,
one who Acts as a medium of communication between two contracting ...
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Divination (25 Occurrences)
... is fairly represented by Deuteronomy 18:10, where the prophet of Yahweh is contrasted
with diviners of all kinds as the only authorized medium of supernatural ...
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Bible Concordance

Medium (4 Occurrences)

Leviticus 20:27 "'A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.'"
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 18:11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
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1 Samuel 28:7 Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, "Please divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whoever I shall name to you."
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1 Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn't keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby,
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Medium

Related Terms

Astrology

Organ (6 Occurrences)

Ether (2 Occurrences)

Mediums (10 Occurrences)

Media (14 Occurrences)

Money (284 Occurrences)

Mediterranean

Mediator (7 Occurrences)

Divination (25 Occurrences)