G3331
G3331 — μετάθεσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
metathesis (met-ath'-es-is) n.
1. transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law)
[from G3346]
KJV: change, removing, translation
Root(s): G3346
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
change, removing, translation
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετάθεσις, μεταθέσεως, ἡ (μετατίθημι);
1. a transfer: from one place to another (Diodorus 1, 23); τίνος (genitive of the object), the translation of a person to heaven, Heb 11:5.
2. change (of things instituted or established, as ἱερωσύνης, νόμου): Heb 7:12; τῶν σαλευομένων, Heb 12:27. (Thucydides 5, 29; Aristotle, Piut.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μετάθεσις (change)
Hebrews 7:12
- KJV: For the priesthood being changed there is made of necessity a change also of the law
- GK: μετατιθεμένης γαρ της ιερωσύνης εξ ανάγκης και νόμου μετάθεσις γίνεται
Hebrews 11:5
- KJV: By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found because God had translated him for before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God
- GK: πίστει Ενώχ μετετέθη του μη ιδείν θάνατον και ουχ ευρίσκετο διότι μετέθηκεν αυτόν ο θεός προ γαρ της μεταθέσεως αυτού μεμαρτύρηται ευηρεστηκέναι τω θεώ
Hebrews 12:27
- KJV: And this Yet once more signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken as of things that are made that those things which cannot be shaken may remain
- GK: το δε έτι άπαξ δηλοί των σαλευομένων την μετάθεσιν ως πεποιημένων ίνα μείνη τα μη σαλευόμενα