Quick Definition
unchanged, unchangeable
Strong's Definition
unchangeable, or (neuter as abstract) unchangeability
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3346 (μετατίθημι);
KJV Usage: immutable(-ility)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμετάθετος, (μετατίθημι), not transposed, not to be transferred; fixed, unalterable: Heb_6:18; τό ἀμετάθετον as a substantive, immutability, Heb_6:17. (3Ma_5:1; Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀμετάθετος ametathetos 2x
unchangeable, Heb_6:17-18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀ -μετάθετος , -ον
( <μετατίθημι ),
[in LXX : 3Ma_5:1 ; 3Ma_5:12 * ;]
immutable: Heb_6:18 ; as subat., τὸ ἀ ., immutability, Heb_6:17 ( v. MM , VGT , s.v. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀμετάθετος [page 26]
In OGIS 331 .58 (ii/B.C.) King Attalus II of Pergamon, writing to the Pergamenes, orders his rescript to be placed in the temples, ὅπως ἂν εἰς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἀκίνητα καὶ ἀμετάθετα μένηι : cf. ib. 335 .73 (an Aeolic inscription, ii/i B.C.) [τὰ δὲ κρίθεντα ὐ ]π [ά ]ρξοισι κύρια καὶ ἀμετάθετα . A letter from Sufenas Verus in Lafoscade , no. 105 .11 (A.D. 131) has βεβαιῶ ἐπί τε τῷ ἀσάλευτον [ sc. τὴν δωρεὰν ] καὶ ἀμετάθετον εἰς τὸν ἀεὶ χρόνον εἶναι καὶ κτλ . P Oxy I. 75 .15 (A.D. 129) ἐφ᾽ ᾗ [ sc. διαθήκῃ ] ἀμεταθέτῳ ἀμφότεροι ἐτελεύτησαν , and ib. III. 482 .35 (A.D. 109) διαθήκῃ , ἐφ᾽ ᾗ καὶ ἀμεταθέτῳ ἐτελεύτα ( which will was unchanged at his death ), show that the word was used as a technical term in connexion with wills. The connotation adds considerably to the force of Heb_6:17 f. .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀ-μετάθετος, -ον
(μετατίθημι), [in LXX: 3Ma.5:1 3Mac 5:12 * ;]
immutable: Heb.6:18; as subat., τὸ ἀ., immutability, Heb.6:17 (see MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
📖 In-Depth Word Study
Unchangeable (276) ametathetos
Unchangeable (276) (ametathetos from a = without + metatÃthemi = change condition or place, transfer, put in another place) literally never changing, not to be transferred. The idea is that which is fixed, unalterable or immutable. This word was used in secular Greek in the context of wills and contracts and signified a stipulation that could not be disregarded or annulled. Once properly made a will was ametathetos unchangeable by anyone but the maker. The writer of Hebrews uses this word (in the only 2 uses in Scripture in Hebrews 6:17 [note] and Hebrews 6:18 [note]) with powerful, well known forensic (legal) ramifications (immutability of a legally written will) to add to the force of the encouragement he extended to his readers.
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