Quick Definition
I change my position, depart, remove
Strong's Definition
to betake oneself, i.e. remove (locally)
Derivation: from G3326 (μετά) and G142 (αἴρω);
KJV Usage: depart
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μεταίρω: 1 aorist μετῆρα;
1. transitive, to lift up and remove from one place to another, to transfer, (Euripides, Theophrastus, others).
2. in the N. T. intransitive (cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; (Buttmann, § 130, 4)) to go away, depart (German aufbrechen): ἐκεῖθεν, Mat_13:53 (Gen_12:9 Aq.); followed by ἀπό with the genitive of place, Mat_19:1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μεταίρω metairō 2x
to remove, transfer; in NT intrans. to go away, depart, Mat_13:53 ; Mat_19:1
μόνος monos 44x
without accompaniment, alone, Mat_14:23 ; Mat_18:15 ; Luk_10:40 ;
singly existent, sole, only, Joh_17:3 ;
lone solitary, Joh_8:29 ; Joh_16:32 ;
alone in respect of restriction, only, Mat_4:4 ; Mat_12:4 ;
alone in respect of circumstances, only, Luk_24:18 ;
not multiplied by reproduction, lone, barren, Joh_12:24 alone; only.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μετ -αίρω ,
[in LXX : 2Ki_16:17 ; 2Ki_25:11 , Psa_80:8 , Pro_22:28 ( H5493 hi ., H1540 hi ., etc.) * ;]
1. trans., to remove ( LXX , ll . c .).
2. (not cl .) to depart: Mat_13:53 ; Mat_19:1 ( cf. Aq .: Gen_12:9 ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μεταίρω [page 402]
μεταίρω is intrans. change my position, depart, in its two occurrences in the NT ( Mat_13:53 ; Mat_19:1 ), but for the trans. usage remove, transfer, as in the LXX, we may cite a Cilician rock inscr. found in the neighbourhood of a temple OGIS 573 .15 (i/A.D.) τῶν δὲ ἀναθεμάτων τῶν ὄντων ἔν τε τοῖς ναοῖς καὶ τῶν ἐπιγεγραμμένων ἔν τε ταῖς στήλαις καὶ τοῖς ἀναθέμασιν μηδενὶ ἐξέστω <ι > μήτε ἀπαλεῖψαι μήτε ἀχρεῶσαι μήτε μετᾶραι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μεταίρω aeolic πεδ "to lift up and remove, to shift", Eur. ; ψήφισμα μ. "repeal" a decree, Dem. intr. "to depart", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
μετ-αίρω
[in LXX: 4Ki.16:17 25:11, Psa.80:8, Pro.22:28 (סוּר hi., גָּלָה hi., etc.)* ;]
__1. trans., to remove (LXX, ll. with).
__2. (not cl.) to depart: Mat.13:53 19:1 (cf. Aq.: Gen.12:9).†
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