μετατίθημι; 1 aorist
μετέθηκα; present middle
μετατίθεμαι: 1 aorist passive
μετετεθην;
to transpose (two things, one of which is put in place of the other (see
μετά, III. 2)); i. e.,
1. to transfer:
τινα followed by
εἰς; with the accusative of place, passive,
Acts 7:16; without mention of the place, it being well known to the readers, Hebrews 11:5 (Genesis 5:24; Sir. 44:16, cf. Wis. 4:10).
2. to change (Herodotus 5, 68); passive of an office the mode of conferring which is changed, Hebrews 7:12; 71 τί εἰς τί, to turn one thing into another (τινα εἰς πτηνην φύσιν, Anth. 11, 367, 2); figuratively, τήν... χάριν εἰς ἀσέλγειαν, to pervert the grace of God to license, i. e. to seek from the grace of God an argument in defense of licentiousness, Jude 1:4 (cf. Huther, in the place cited).
3. passive or (more commonly) middle, to transfer oneself or suffer oneself to be transferred, i. e. to go or pass over: ἀπό τίνος εἰς τί, to fall away or desert from one person or thing to another, Galatians 1:6 (cf. 2 Macc. 7:24; Polybius 5, 111, 8; 26, 2, 6; Diodorus 11, 4; (ὁ μεταθεμενος, turncoat, (Diogenes Laërtius 7, 166 cf. 37; Athen. 7, 281 d.)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
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5:24
- Acts
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7:16
- Galatians
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1:6
- Hebrews
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7:12; 11:5
- Jude
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1:4
