Strong G3329μετάγω
to turn
- Transliteration
- metagō
- Pronunciation
- met-ag'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
μετ-άγω
[in LXX: 3Ki.8:47-48, 2Ch.6:37 (שָׁבָה) 2Ch.36:3 (סוּר hi.), 1Es.1:45 Est.2:10 Est.5:69, Est.8:17, Sir prol.16 Sir.10:8, 2Ma.1:33 *;]
1. in Xen., Plut., and later writers, to transfer, transport (so LXX).
2. In sense otherwise unknown (see Hort, in l), to turn about, direct: Jas.3:3-4.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 3Ki.8:47-48, 2Ch.6:37 (שָׁבָה) 2Ch.36:3 (סוּר hi.), 1Es.1:45 Est.2:10 Est.5:69, Est.8:17, Sir prol.16 Sir.10:8, 2Ma.1:33 *;]
1. in Xen., Plut., and later writers, to transfer, transport (so LXX).
2. In sense otherwise unknown (see Hort, in l), to turn about, direct: Jas.3:3-4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3329 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- turn2
First verses
- James 3:3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
- James 3:4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μετάγω [ᾰ],
future -άξω [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.3)]: perfect μεταγείοχα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PRyl.” 67.5 (2nd c.BC))]: —convey from one place to another, transfer, τινὰ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα [LXX (LXX.1Esd.1.45, cf. Aristeas 12 (_passive_))]; τὴν ἐκκλησίαν εἰς Σικυῶνα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.1.9; τὸν πόλεμον εἰς τὴν Λιβύην 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus [same place]; ναόν “SIG” 587.6 (Peparethus, 2nd c.BC))]; τὰ δικαστήρια ἀπὸ τῆς βουλῆς ἐπὶ τοὺς ἱππέας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 83.7)]; escort, τινα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 588.51 (Milet., 2nd c.BC))]: in Medicine texts, divert, τὰ ῥεύματα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).965: _metaphorically_, τοὺς πολίτας εἰς σωφρονεστέραν βίου τάξιν μ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.225f, compare “SIG” 704 E 12 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 33.3; ψυχὴν ἐπ᾽ εὐφροσύνην “Anthologia Graeca” 10.77 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus))]; seduce, τινὰς ἐς τὸ ἁβροδίαιτον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.8.5.)]
2 translate, εἰς ἑτέραν γλῶσσαν [Refs (LXX “Si.Prol.” (_passive_).)]
3 derive a metaphor, ἀπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.179 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
4 passive, to be borrowed, μετῆκται ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ τὸ ὄνομα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “in Nicomachi arithmeticam introductionem” p.58 P.)]
II intransitive, go by a different route, change one's course, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.8.)]
future -άξω [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.3)]: perfect μεταγείοχα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PRyl.” 67.5 (2nd c.BC))]: —convey from one place to another, transfer, τινὰ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα [LXX (LXX.1Esd.1.45, cf. Aristeas 12 (_passive_))]; τὴν ἐκκλησίαν εἰς Σικυῶνα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.1.9; τὸν πόλεμον εἰς τὴν Λιβύην 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus [same place]; ναόν “SIG” 587.6 (Peparethus, 2nd c.BC))]; τὰ δικαστήρια ἀπὸ τῆς βουλῆς ἐπὶ τοὺς ἱππέας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 83.7)]; escort, τινα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 588.51 (Milet., 2nd c.BC))]: in Medicine texts, divert, τὰ ῥεύματα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).965: _metaphorically_, τοὺς πολίτας εἰς σωφρονεστέραν βίου τάξιν μ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.225f, compare “SIG” 704 E 12 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 33.3; ψυχὴν ἐπ᾽ εὐφροσύνην “Anthologia Graeca” 10.77 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus))]; seduce, τινὰς ἐς τὸ ἁβροδίαιτον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.8.5.)]
2 translate, εἰς ἑτέραν γλῶσσαν [Refs (LXX “Si.Prol.” (_passive_).)]
3 derive a metaphor, ἀπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.179 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
4 passive, to be borrowed, μετῆκται ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ τὸ ὄνομα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “in Nicomachi arithmeticam introductionem” p.58 P.)]
II intransitive, go by a different route, change one's course, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.8.)]