μεθίστημιmethístēmi
to transfer, i.e. carry away, depose or (figuratively) exchange, seduce
Greek (New Testament) · G3179
Meanings
1. to change, remove: with accusative of thing, ὄρη, 1 Corinthians 13:2 (cf. Isaiah 54:10); with accusative of person: followed by εἰς, Colossians 1:13; followed by ἐκ, passive, Luke 16:4; of causing death (cf. similar intransitive sense, Eur., Alc., 21, and elsewhere), Acts 13:22. Metaph. (cf. τ. καρδίαν μ., Joshua 14:8), with accusative of person, to pervert: Acts 19:26.
Same root
- μετάmetá · G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between G575 (ἀπό) or G1537 (ἐκ) and G1519 (εἰς) or G4314 (πρός); less intimate than G1722 (ἐν) and less close than G4862 (σύν))
- ἵστημιhístēmi · G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Luke 16:4 Ah, I know how to ensure that I’ll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.’
- Acts 13:22 But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’
- Acts 19:26 But as you have seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren’t really gods at all. And he’s done this not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province!
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.
- Colossians 1:13 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.