Quick Definition
change, transformation, removal
Strong's Definition
transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law)
Derivation: from G3346 (μετατίθημι);
KJV Usage: 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.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μετάθεσις metathesis 3x
a removal, translation, Heb_11:5 ; Heb_12:27 ;
a transmutation, change by the abolition of one thing, and the substitution of another, Heb_7:12
μόνον monon 70x
the accusative singular form of monos (G3668) used as an adverb meaning only, alone only.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** μετά -θεσις , -εως , ἡ
( < μετατίθημι ),
[in LXX : 2Ma_11:24 * ;]
1. change of position, removal : Heb_11:5 .
2. change, as of that which has been established : Heb_7:12 ; Heb_12:27 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μετάθεσις [page 402]
PSI V. 546 .3 (mid. iii/B.C.) τοῦ ἀναβαθμοῦ τὴν μετάθεσιν , the removal of the stair in connexion with repairs on a house. In Aristeas 160 the subst, is used of the divine and incomprehensible interchange of the states of sleeping and waking : ὡς θεία τίς ἐστι καὶ ἀκατάληπτος τούτων ἡ μετάθεσις .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μετάθεσις μετά-θεσις, ιος, ἡ, "transposition", Dem. "change of sides or opinions, amendment", Polyb. "a power of changing", Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
μετά-θεσις, -εως, ἡ
(μετατίθημι) [in LXX: 2Ma.11:24 * ;]
__1. change of position, removal : Heb.11:5.
__2. change, as of that which has been established : Heb.7:12 12:27.†
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