Strong G3331μετάθεσις
removal/change
- Transliteration
- metathesis
- Pronunciation
- met-ath'-es-is
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3346; transposition that is transferral (to heaven) disestablishment (of a law): - change removing translation.
Detailed definition
μετά-θεσις, -εως, ἡ
(μετατίθημι) [in LXX: 2Ma.11:24 *;]
1. change of position, removal : Heb.11:5.
2. change, as of that which has been established : Heb.7:12 12:27.†
(AS)
(μετατίθημι) [in LXX: 2Ma.11:24 *;]
1. change of position, removal : Heb.11:5.
2. change, as of that which has been established : Heb.7:12 12:27.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3331 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- change1
- removing1
- translation1
First verses
- Hebrews 7:12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
- Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
- Hebrews 12:27And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μετάθεσις, εως, ἡ,
(μετατίθημι) change of position, transposition, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1024a4; μεταθέσεις ἐξ ἕδρας ἀτόμων 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 61; ἡ τῶν ῥημάτων μ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.84, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.23; τοῦ ἀναβαθμοῦ “PSI” 5.546 (3rd c.BC))]; τοῦ ἐμβρύου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.60)]; couching of a cataract, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.990.)]
2 generally, change, θεὸς οὐδεμίαν ἐπιδεχόμενος μ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400b29; μ. ἐκ τῆς οἰκείας φύσεως 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.216 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; νόμου μ. NT.Heb.7.12)]; especially change of sides or opinions, ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.35.7, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.2, etc.)] (hence, amendment, τῶν ἡμαρτημένων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.11. 5); ἐκ μεταθέσεως [prev. author] 30.20.2)]; going over, πρός τινα [Refs ([prev. author] 5.86.8.)]
3 exchange, barter, [Refs ([prev. author] 10.1.8 (_plural_).)]
4 Grammars, change of a letter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 51.5, +others, “Etymologicum Magnum” 795.34)]; also, metathesis, transposition of letters, as κραδίη for καρδία, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus “Excerpta” 4, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Biographus “Lex.” see at {ἀγλαά}.)]
5 plagiarism, opposed to μίμησις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 112.)]
II power or right of changing sides, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.29.)]
(μετατίθημι) change of position, transposition, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1024a4; μεταθέσεις ἐξ ἕδρας ἀτόμων 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 61; ἡ τῶν ῥημάτων μ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.84, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.23; τοῦ ἀναβαθμοῦ “PSI” 5.546 (3rd c.BC))]; τοῦ ἐμβρύου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.60)]; couching of a cataract, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.990.)]
2 generally, change, θεὸς οὐδεμίαν ἐπιδεχόμενος μ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400b29; μ. ἐκ τῆς οἰκείας φύσεως 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.216 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; νόμου μ. NT.Heb.7.12)]; especially change of sides or opinions, ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.35.7, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.2, etc.)] (hence, amendment, τῶν ἡμαρτημένων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.11. 5); ἐκ μεταθέσεως [prev. author] 30.20.2)]; going over, πρός τινα [Refs ([prev. author] 5.86.8.)]
3 exchange, barter, [Refs ([prev. author] 10.1.8 (_plural_).)]
4 Grammars, change of a letter, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 51.5, +others, “Etymologicum Magnum” 795.34)]; also, metathesis, transposition of letters, as κραδίη for καρδία, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus “Excerpta” 4, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Biographus “Lex.” see at {ἀγλαά}.)]
5 plagiarism, opposed to μίμησις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 112.)]
II power or right of changing sides, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.29.)]