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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3332 - μεταίρω

Transliteration

metaírō

Phonetics

met-ah'ee-ro

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G3326) and (G142)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to lift up and remove from one place to another, to transfer
to go away, depart

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1540 ‑ גָּלָה (gaw‑law'); 5375 ‑ נָסָה (naw‑saw', naw‑saw'); 5472 ‑ סוּג (soog); 5493 ‑ שׂוּר (soor, soor);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Matthew 2

NAS (2)

Matthew 2

HCS (2)

Matthew 2

BSB (2)

Matthew 2

ESV (2)

Matthew 2

WEB (2)

Matthew 2

KJV (2)

departed 2

NAS (2)

departed 2

HCS (2)

He departed 1

He left 1

BSB (2)

He left 1

He withdrew 1

ESV (2)

went away 2

WEB (2)

he departed 2

RAH

V-AAI2S 1

V-AAI3S 2

V-PAD2S 1

ANT

V-AAI-3S 2

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 2

BGB

V-AIA-3S 2

BMT

V-AAI-3S 2

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 2

ELZ

V-AAI-3S 2

NA26

V-AAI-3S 2

SBL

V-3AAIS 2

SCV

V-AAI-3S 2

STV

V-AAI-3S 2

TIS

V-AAI-3S 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μεταίρω,

Aeol. (also in Trag.) πεδ-,

1. lift up and remove, shift, ἄγαλμα ἐκ βάθρων E. IT 1157; πεδαίρειν κῶλον, πόδα, Id. HF 819 (lyr.), 872 (troch.); ἐκ τόπων νέους πεδαίρουσα Id. Ph. 1027 (lyr.); [ ἀναθέματα ] OGI 573.15 (Cilicia, i A. D.): — Pass., Plu. Alex. 76, Diog. 37.4.

2. repeal, ψήφισμα μ. D. 19.174.

II intr., depart, ἐκεῖθεν Matthew 13:53; cf. Matthew 19:1.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

μεταίρω: 1 aorist μετῆρα;

1. transitive, to lift up and remove from one place to another, to transfer, (Euripides, Theophrastus, others).

2. in the N. T. intransitive (cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; (Buttmann, § 130, 4)) to go away, depart (German aufbrechen): ἐκεῖθεν, Matthew 13:53 (Genesis 12:9 Aq.); followed by ἀπό with the genitive of place, Matthew 19:1.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μετ -αίρω ,

[in LXX: 2 Kings 16:17; 2 Kings 25:11, Psalms 80:8, Proverbs 22:28 (H5493 hi., H1540 hi., etc.)*;]

1. trans., to remove (LXX, ll. c.).

2. (not cl.) to depart: Matthew 13:53; Matthew 19:1 (cf. Aq.: Genesis 12:9).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μοιχός, ordinarily ";adulterer,"; is apparently used of sodomy in the illiterate P Oxy VIII. 1160.24 ff. (iii/iv A.D.) ἔγραψές μοι δὲ ὅτι κάθῃ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρίαν (l. – ίᾳ) μετὰ τοῦ μυχο [ῦ ] (l. μοιχο [ῦ ]) σου · γράψον μοι δὲ τίς ἐστιν ὁ μυχός (l. μοιχός) μου, ";you wrote to me, ‘You are staying at Alexandria with Tour paramour.’ Write and tell me, who is my paramour"; (Ed.).

List of Word Forms

μέταιρε μετήρας μετήρε μετηρεν μετήρεν μετῆρεν meteren metêren metēren metē̂ren