verb
metairamō
Strong’sG3332
I change my position, depart, remove
stem metair-2 times in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μετ-αίρω,
[in LXX: IV Ki 16:17 25:11, Ps 79 (80):8, Pr 22:28 (סוּר hi., גּלה hi., etc.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3332 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Aeolic dialect (also in Trag.) πεδ-, lift up and remove, shift, ἄγαλμα ἐκ βάθρων Refs 5th c.BC+; πεδαίρειν κῶλον, πόδα, Refs; [ἀναθέματα] Refs 1st c.AD+:—passive, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 repeal, ψήφισμα μ. Refs 4th c.BC+
II intransitive, depart, ἐκεῖθεν NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| metairataμετῆρεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | left | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metairamō | metairame | metairami | metairama | metairamē | metairamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | metairasō | metairase | metairasi | metairasa | metairasē | metairaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metairatō | metairate | metairati | metairata2×μετῆρεν | metairatē | metairatelē |
| we 1st person plural | metairanō | metairane | metairani | metairana | metairanē | metairanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | metairavō | metairave | metairavi | metairava | metairavē | metairavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | metairalō | metairale | metairali | metairala | metairalē | metairalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metairameiō | metairameia | metairameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | metairaseiō | metairaseia | metairaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metairateiō | metairateia | metairateiē |
| we 1st person plural | metairaneiō | metairaneia | metairaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | metairaveiō | metairaveia | metairaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | metairaleiō | metairaleia | metairaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | metairasōr | metairasar | metairasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metairatōr | metairatar | metairatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | metairavōr | metairavar | metairavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | metairalōr | metairalar | metairalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metairamoiō | metairamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | metairasoiō | metairasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metairatoiō | metairatoia |
| we 1st person plural | metairanoiō | metairanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | metairavoiō | metairavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | metairaloiō | metairaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | metairarō | metairari | metairara | metairarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | metairarōntos | metairarintos | metairarantos | metairarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
metair is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
metairata“left”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Matthew 13:53“left”… telata tos Iēsus tain parabolain houtain, metairata ekeithen.When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew …
Matthew 19:1“departed”… telata tos Iēsus toin logoin houtoin, metairata apo tau Galilaiau kai erchata eis …When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the …