μετοικεσίαmetoikesía
change of abode, migration: of the Babylonian exile, μ.
Greek (New Testament) · G3350
Meanings
Βαβυλῶνος, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:12, Matthew 1:17.
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))
- οἶκοςoîkos · G3624a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)
- μετοικίζωmetoikízō · G3351to transfer as a settler or captive, i.e colonize or exile
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 1:11 Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
- Matthew 1:12 After the Babylonian exile: Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
- Matthew 1:17 All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.