μετατίθημιmetatíthēmi
to transfer, i.e. (literally) transport, (by implication) exchange, (reflexively) change sides, or (figuratively) pervert
Greek (New Testament) · G3346
Meanings
1. to transfer to another place: with accusative, passive, Hebrews 11:5(LXX); followed by εἰς, Acts 7:16.
2. to change: with accusative, passive, Hebrews 7:12; followed by εἰς, figuratively, i.e. to make one thing a pretext for another, χάριν εἰς ἀσέλγειαν, Jude 1:4. Mid., to change oneself, pass over: followed by ἀπό et εἰς, Galatians 1:6 (cf. 2 Maccabees 7:24).
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))
- τίθημιtíthēmi · G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476 (ἵστημι), which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 (κεῖμαι) is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)
- ἀμετάθετοςametáthetos · G276unchangeable, or (neuter as abstract) unchangeability
- μετάθεσιςmetáthesis · G3331transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law)
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Acts 7:16 Their bodies were taken to Shechem and buried in the tomb Abraham had bought for a certain price from Hamor’s sons in Shechem.
- Galatians 1:6 I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News
- Hebrews 7:12 And if the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed to permit it.
- Hebrews 11:5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—“he disappeared, because God took him.” For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God.
- Jude 1:4 I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.