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G3334 μετακινέω (metakinéō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I move away, dislodge

Strong's Definition

to stir to a place elsewhere, i.e. remove (figuratively)

Derivation: from G3326 (μετά) and G2795 (κινέω);

KJV Usage: move away

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μετακινέω, μετακίνω: to move from a place, to move away: Deu_32:30; in Greek writings from Herodotus down; passive present participle μετακινουμενος; tropically, ἀπό τῆς ἐλπίδος, from the hope which one holds, on which one rests, Col_1:23.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μετακινέω metakineō 1x to move away, remove; pass. met. to stir away from, to swerve, Col_1:23

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μετα -κινέω , -ῶ , [in LXX : Deu_19:14 ( H5472 hi .), Isa_54:10 ( H4131 ), etc.;] trans., to move away, remove (ὅρια , Deu, l.c .). Mid ., to remove oneself, remove, shift: metaph ., ἀπὸ τ . ἐλπίδος , Col_1:23 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μετακινέω [page 403] μετακινέω occurs in its literal sense of move away (transitive) in the Mysteries inscr. from Andania Syll 653 ( = .3 736) .186 (B.C. 92) μὴ μετακινοῦντες ἐπὶ καταλ [ύ ]σει τῶν μυστηρίων μ [η ]θὲν τῶν κατὰ τὸ διάγραμμα : cf. also the inscr. on a stone found amongst the ruins of an ancient temple near Cephisia, ib. 888 ( = .3 1238) .3 ff. ( c. A.D. 160) πρὸς θεῶν καὶ ἡρώων , ὅστις εἶ ὁ ἔχων τὸν χῶρον , μήποτε μετακεινήσῃς τούτων τι . καὶ τὰς τούτων τῶν ἀγαλμάτων εἰκόνας καὶ τιμὰς ὅστις ἢ καθέλοι ἢ μετακεινοίη , τούτῳ μήτε γῆν καρπὸν φέρειν μήτε θάλασσαν πλωτὴν εἶναι , κακῶς τε ἀπολέσθαι αὐτοὺς καὶ γένος .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

μετακινέω fut. ήσω "to transpose, shift, remove", Hdt. :— Mid. "to go from one place to another", id=Hdt. "to change, alter", τὴν πολιτείαν Dem.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

μετα-κινέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Deu.19:14 (סוּג hi.), Isa.54:10 (מוֹט), etc. ;] trans., to move away, remove (ὅρια, Deu, l.with). Mid., to remove oneself, remove, shift: metaphorically, ἀπὸ τ. ἐλπίδος, Col.1:23.† (AS)

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