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mediator

bar mi/ 

[lit. between + person]

Biblical: a mediator, an intermediary or go-between: dkon mchog dang mi'i bar la bar mi'ang gcig yod/  there is one mediator between God and men (1 Tim. 2:5,6/} , khong ni zhal chad gsar pa zhig gi bar mi lags so/  [Christ] is the mediator of a new covenant (Heb. 9:15).

Cognates: bar mi byed pa/  to mediate: spun gcig la gcig gis rtsod na bar mi byed par shes mkhan gcig kyang med/  no one to judge a dispute between believers (1 Cor. 6:5 SV).