metathesias

Strong’sG3331

change, transformation, removal

stem metathesi-3 times in the New Testament3 of 10 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.

** μετά-θεσις, -εως, ἡ

(< μετατίθημι), [in LXX: II Mac 11:24*;]

1. change of position, removal: He 11:5.

2. change, as of that which has been established: He 7:12 12:27.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3331 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmet-ath'-es-is

transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law)

Fromfrom G3346;

King Jameschange, removing, translation.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

μετάθεσις, εως, ἡ,
(μετατίθημι) change of position, transposition, Refs 4th c.BC+; τοῦ ἐμβρύου Refs 2nd c.AD+; couching of a cataract, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 generally, change, θεὸς οὐδεμίαν ἐπιδεχόμενος μ. NT+5th c.BC+; especially change of sides or opinions, ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον Refs 2nd c.BC+ (hence, amendment, τῶν ἡμαρτημένων Refs 2nd c.BC+; going over, πρός τινα Refs
3 exchange, barter, Refs
4 Grammars, change of a letter, Refs 2nd c.AD+; also, metathesis, transposition of letters, as κραδίη for καρδία, Refs 1st c.BC+
5 plagiarism, opposed to μίμησις, Refs 4th c.BC+
II power or right of changing sides, Refs 5th c.BC+

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.

change1×removal1×taken1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	metathesias1×μετάθεσις	metathesiais
object accusative	metathesian1×μετάθεσιν	metathesiain
direct address vocative	metathesiar	metathesiair
of, belonging to genitive	metathesiau1×μεταθέσεως	metathesiaiu
to, for dative	metathesia	metathesiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

metathesistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

metathesia 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.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

metathesias“change”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 7:12“change”… tau hierōsunau ek anankau kai nomou metathesias genotō.For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be …

metathesian“removal”objectaccusative singular1×

Hebrews 12:27… de Ēti hapax dēlatō teiu saleuorōnteiu metathesian hōs poiorēnteiu, hina menateia teim mē …The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken — that …

metathesiau“taken”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Hebrews 11:5… auton tos theos; pro gar tau metathesiau marturotē euarestarē to theo,… him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who …