Strong G3332μεταίρω

to leave

Transliteration
metairō
Pronunciation
met-ah'ee-ro
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3326 and G142; to betake oneself that is remove (locally): - depart.

Detailed definition

μετ-αίρω
[in LXX: 4Ki.16:17 25:11, Psa.80:8, Pro.22:28 (סוּר hi., גָּלָה hi., etc.)*;]
1. trans., to remove (LXX, ll. with).

2. (not cl.) to depart: Mat.13:53 19:1 (cf. Aq.: Gen.12:9).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3332 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • depart2

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:53
    And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
  2. Matthew 19:1
    And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μεταίρω,
Aeolic dialect (also in Trag.) πεδ-, lift up and remove, shift, ἄγαλμα ἐκ βάθρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1157)]; πεδαίρειν κῶλον, πόδα, [Refs ([prev. author] “HF” 819 (Lyric poetry), 872 (troch.); ἐκ τόπων νέους πεδαίρουσα [prev. author] “Ph.” 1027 (Lyric poetry))]; [ἀναθέματα] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 573.15 (Cilicia, 1st c.AD))]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 76, 4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 37.4.)]
2 repeal, ψήφισμα μ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.174.)]
II intransitive, depart, ἐκεῖθεν [NT (NT.Matt.13.53, compare 19.1.)]