Greek verb · G3346
μετατίθημι
metatithemimet-at-ith'-ay-mee
to transfer to another place; to change
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: metatíthēmi
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3346is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3346
to transfer, i.e. (literally) transport, (by implication) exchange, (reflexively) change sides, or (figuratively) pervert
The King James renders it: carry over, change, remove, translate, turn.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
metatithemi is rendered "to transfer to another place; to change". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to transfer to another place".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 7:16Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
Acts 7:16μετετέθησαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to transfer to another place, and to change.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to transfer to another place | Tagged as
| WhereActs 7:16Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from… |
| to change | Tagged as
| WhereGalatians 1:6I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μετά | meta | with/after | Uses461 |
| μετανοέω | metanoeo | to repent | Uses34 |
| μετάνοια | metanoia | repentance | Uses22 |
| μεταβαίνω | metabaino | to depart | Uses12 |
| μεταξύ | metaxy | between/meanwhile | Uses9 |
| μεταπέμπω | metapempo | to summon | Uses9 |
| μεταλαμβάνω | metalambano | to partake | Uses7 |
| μεταμέλλομαι | metamellomai | to repent | Uses6 |
| μεταδίδωμι | metadidomi | to share | Uses5 |
| μετασχηματίζω | metaschematizo | to transform | Uses5 |
| μετακαλέω | metakaleo | to summon | Uses4 |
| μεταμορφόω | metamorphoo | to transform | Uses4 |
and 8 more on the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μετατιθεμένης1
- μετατιθέντες1
- μετατίθεσθε1
- μετέθηκεν1
- μετετέθη1
- μετετέθησαν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present middle or passive, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-PEI-2P
- verb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1V-PPP-GSF
Acts
one use
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- μετετέθησανmetetethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were carried over
Galatians
one use
I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
- μετατίθεσθεmetatithestheverb · present middle or passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you are deserting
Hebrews
three uses
For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.
- μετατιθεμένηςmetatithemenesverb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: When is being changed
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
- μετετέθηmetetetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was translated
- μετέθηκενmetethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took up
Jude
one use
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- μετατιθέντεςmetatithentesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: changing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.