Forms of the word
Dictionary
μετάθεσις, εως, ἡ
Greek transliteration
metathesis
Simplified transliteration
metathesis
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3e(5b)
Gloss
removal, taking up; change, transformation
Definition
a removal, translation, Heb. 11:5; 12:27; a transmutation, change by the abolition of one thing, and the substitution of another, Heb. 7:12*
Greek-English Concordance for μετάθεσις
| Hebrews 7:12 |
For whenever the priesthood is altered, there is necessarily an alteration (metathesis | μετάθεσις | nom sg fem) in the law as well. |
| Hebrews 11:5 |
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he could not be found, because God had taken him. For before he was taken (metatheseōs | μεταθέσεως | gen sg fem) he had been approved as one who had been pleasing to God, |
| Hebrews 12:27 |
The phrase, “Yet once more,” declares the removal (metathesin | μετάθεσιν | acc sg fem) of what can be shaken — that is, created things — so that what cannot be shaken may remain. |