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μετάθεσις

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
μετάθεσις, εως, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
metathesis
Simplified transliteration: 
metathesis
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3331
GK Number: 
3557
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.