Midvash

μετάmetá

properly, 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))

Greek (New Testament) · G3326

Meanings

I. C. genitive

1. among, amid: Mark 1:13, Luke 22:37 (LXX, ἐν) Luke 24:5, John 18:5, and elsewhere; διωγμῶν, Mark 10:30.

2. Of association and companionship, with (in which sense it gradually superseded σύν, than which it is much more frequently in NT; cf. Bl., § 42, 3): with genitive of person, Matthew 8:11, Matthew 20:20, Mark 1:29, Mark 3:7, Luke 5:30, John 3:22, Galatians 2:1, and elsewhere many times; εἶναι μετά, Matthew 5:25, Mark 3:14, and elsewhere; metaphorically, of divine help and guidance, John 3:2, Acts 7:9, Philippians 4:9, and elsewhere; opposed to εἶναι κατά, Matthew 12:30, Luke 11:23; in Hellenistic usage, πολεμεῖν μετά = classical Greek π., with dative, to wage war against (so LXX for נִלְחַם עִם, 1 Samuel 17:33), Revelation 2:16, and elsewhere; with genitive of thing, χαρᾶς, Matthew 13:20, Mark 4:16, and elsewhere; ὀργῆς, Mark 3:5, and elsewhere

II. C. accusative

1. of place, behind, after: Hebrews 9:3.

2. Of time, after: Matthew 17:1, Mark 14:1, Luke 1:24, Acts 1:5, Galatians 1:18, and elsewhere; μετὰ τοῦτο, John 2:12, and elsewhere; ταῦτα, Mark 16:12, Luke 5:27, John 3:22, al; with infinitive artic. (Bl., § 71, 5; 72, 3), Matthew 26:32, Mark 1:14, and elsewhere

III. In composition

1. of association or community: μεταδίδωμι, μετέχω, etc.

2. Exchange or transference: μεταλλάσσω, μετοικίζω, etc.

3. after: μεταμέλομαι.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 460 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:12 After the Babylonian exile: Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
  • Matthew 1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
  • Matthew 2:3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.
  • Matthew 2:11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
  • Matthew 4:21 A little farther up the shore he saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them to come, too.
  • Matthew 5:25 “When you are on the way to court with your adversary, settle your differences quickly. Otherwise, your accuser may hand you over to the judge, who will hand you over to an officer, and you will be thrown into prison.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.