noun · feminine
metoikesias
Greekμετοικεσία (metoikesia)
Strong’sG3350
change of abode, migration, deportation
stem metoikesi-4 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μετοικεσία, -ας, ἡ
(= cl. μετοικία, -κησις; < μετοικέω, to change one's abode), [in LXX chiefly for גֹּלָה and cogn. forms, Ez 12:11, Ob 1:20, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3350 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | metoikesias | metoikesiais |
| object accusative | metoikesian1×μετοικεσίαν | metoikesiain |
| direct address vocative | metoikesiar | metoikesiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | metoikesiau3×μετοικεσίας | metoikesiaiu |
| to, for dative | metoikesia | metoikesiai |
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
metoikesia 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
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
metoikesian“deportation”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 1:12“deportation”Meta de tan metoikesian Babulōnau Iechonios gennata ton Salathiēl, Salathiēl de gennata ton Zorobabel,After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
metoikesiau“deportation”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Matthew 1:11“deportation”Iōsios de gennata ton Iechonion kai toin adelfoin autou epi tau metoikesiau Babulōnau.and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
Matthew 1:17“deportation”Pantais oun tais geneais apo Abraam heōs David geneais dekatessares, kai apo David heōs tau metoikesiau Babulōnau geneais dekatessares, kai apo tau metoikesiau Babulōnau heōs tou christou geneais dekatessares.In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.
Matthew 1:17“deportation”Pantais oun tais geneais apo Abraam heōs David geneais dekatessares, kai apo David heōs tau metoikesiau Babulōnau geneais dekatessares, kai apo tau metoikesiau Babulōnau heōs tou christou geneais dekatessares.In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.