μετάθεσις
metathesis · change, removal
Greek word · Strong’s number G3331 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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metathesis (μετάθεσις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “change, removal”.
Change; also removal, being taken from one place to another.
How to say it
me·ta·the·sis
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Transported elsewhere without dying.
- Setting aside or altering what was established.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- being taken up ×1
- change ×1
- removal ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Hebrews 7:12
For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity a change of law also takes place.
- Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him up; for before being taken up he had received testimony that he had pleased God.
- Hebrews 12:27
And the phrase “Yet once more” indicates the removal of the things that are shaken, as things that have been made, so that the things that are not shaken may remain.