Quick Definition
μετάγω v. I turn about, change the position of
Strong's Definition
from 3326 and 718; to lead over, i.e. transfer (direct)
KJV Usage: turn about
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μετάγω metagō 2x
to lead or move from one place to another; to change direction, turn about, Jas. 3:3, 4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μετ-άγω,
[in LXX: III Ki 8:47, 48, II Ch 6:37 (שׁבה) 36:3 (סוּר hi.), I Es 1:45 2:10 5:69, Es 8:17, Si prol. 16 10:8, II Mac 1:33*;]
in Xen., Plut., and later writers, to transfer, transport (so LXX).
In sense otherwise unknown (v. Hort, in l.), to turn about, direct: Ja 3:3, 4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μετάγω μεταβαλόμενος τὸ παρὰ σοὶ σί[ν]απι .. . τῶι κομίζοντί σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον, ‘‘ please transfer the mustard that is with you to the bearer of this letter’’ (Edd.), and P Tebt II. 402° (A.D. 172) μετεβλήθ(η) ἀπὸ τοῦ πλινθουργίου, *‘ transported from the factory”—of bricks. or the meaning “hand over,” ‘‘credit,” ‘‘pay,’’ see P Oxy VIII. 1153 (i/A.D.) τὰς [S]pfa]xpas ἑξακοσίας μεταβαλέσθαι ἡμείϊν), 0 ἐς “to pay us the 600 drachmae,” 26. XII. 1419® (A.D. 265) | ἃς μετεβάλου δι(ὰ) δημοσίας τραπέζ(ης), ‘ which you credited through the public bank’’ (Edd.), and 26. XIV. 16657 (iii/A.D.) τῆς τιμῆς ἐξαυτῆς μεταβαλλομένης ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ᾧ ἐὰν ϑοκιμάσῃς, ‘‘the value to be handed over by me at once to any one approved by you” (Edd.). Μεταβόλος ‘‘ retailer” (as in Isai 232%) is seen in P Rev L*!vi-3 (pc. 258) of κάπηλοι καὶ of μεταβόλοι, ‘the dealers and retailers,” P Oxy XIV. 16758 (iii/A.D.) κ[ό]μι[σα]ν διὰ τῶν. . . περὶ “Hpakdéwva μεταβόλων (Spaxpas?) p, ‘receive through the traders with Heracleon 40 drachmae (?),” and Ostr 1449! (Thebes—a.b. 164-5) ἐπιτ(ηρητὴς) τέλ(ους) μεταβόλ(ων) ἁλιεῶν (ἡ. ἁλιειῶν) (see Chres/. 1. 1. p. 136). LET ayo, “transfer,” ‘transport,’ is seen in P Oxy II. 244% (a.p. 23) βουλόμενος μεταγαγεῖν . . . πρόβατα τριακόσια εἴκοσι, with reference to the transference of sheep from one district to another, and 74. 25919 (A.D. 23) μὴ ἔχοντός μου ἐκξουσίαν (ὁ €-).. . μετάγει (/. -γειν) ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἑ[τ]Ἱέραν φυλακ[ή]ν, “ΕἸ have no power to transfer myself to another prison” ; cf. also P Tor I. 1% (B.c, 116) τὸ ἔθνος μεταγαγεῖν els τὰ Μεμνόνεια, P Leid Mi 8 (8.6, 114) (=I. p. 60) τῶν μεταγομένων els τοὺς τάφους, of dead bodies, and the fragmentary P Ryl II. 675 (late ii/B.c.) μεταγειοχότωϊν, again apparently of removal from one place to another. For the meaning of ‘‘translate,’”’ see Sir pro/. ὅταν μεταχθῇ εἰς ἑτέραν γλῶσσαν. Hort ad Jas 3° cites Plut. 11. 225 F and Epict. Hzch. xxxiii. 3, where the verb is used of turning men to a better mind, but can find no clear authority for the sense of ‘‘leading not from one place to another but from one direction to another,” which the Jas passage requires.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μετάγω (metagō) — to turn. μετάγω [ᾰ], future -άξω [Refs 1st c.BC+]: perfect μεταγείοχα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: —convey from one place to another, transfer, τινὰ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα [LXX]; τὴν ἐκκλησίαν εἰς Σικυῶνα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὰ δικαστήρια ἀπὸ τῆς βουλῆς ἐπὶ τοὺς ἱππέας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; escort, τινα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: in Medicine texts, divert, τὰ ῥεύματα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; seduce, τινὰς ἐς τὸ ἁβροδίαιτον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. translate, εἰς ἑτέραν γλῶσσαν [Refs]
3. derive a metaphor, ἀπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. passive, to be borrowed, μετῆκται ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ τὸ ὄνομα [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. intransitive, go by a different route, change one's course, [Refs 5th c.BC+]