Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To coordinate negotiations between two parties. 2. (a.) Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition. 3. (a.) Gained or effected by a medium or condition. 4. (v.) To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. 5. (v.) To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations. 6. (v. t.) To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace. 7. (v. t.) To divide into two equal parts.

Multi-Version Concordance Mediate (1 Occurrence) 1 Samuel 2:25 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?" Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them. (See NAS RSV NIV)