Strong G3350μετοικεσία

deportation

Transliteration
metoikesia
Pronunciation
met-oy-kes-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From a derivative of a compound of G3326 and G3624; a change of abode that is (specifically) expatriation: - X brought carried (-ying) away (in-) to.

Detailed definition

μετοικεσία, -ας, ἡ
(= cl. μετολκία, -κησις; μετοικέω, to change one's abode), [in LXX chiefly for גּוֹלָה and cogn. forms, Eze.12:11, Ob 20, al.;]
change of abode, migration: of the Babylonian exile, μ. Βαβυλῶνος, Mat.1:11-12, 17.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3350 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • carry2
  • bring1

First verses

  1. Matthew 1:11
    And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
  2. Matthew 1:12
    And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
  3. Matthew 1:17
    So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μετοικ-εσία, ἡ,
={μετοικία} 1, especially of the captivity of the Jews, [LXX+NT (LXX.2Ki.24.16; ἡ μ. Βαβυλῶνος NT.Matt.1.11)]; also πλεόνων μ. 'the land o' the leal', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.731 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]