Quick Definition
μετατίθημι v. I transfer, desert, change
Strong's Definition
from 3326 and 5087; to transfer, i.e. (literally) transport, (by implication) exchange, (reflexively) change sides, or (figuratively) pervert
KJV Usage: carry over, change, remove, translate, turn
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. μετέθηκα · aor.pass. μετετέθην | τίθημι
15.2 · Linear Movement · Move, Come/Go
to move from one place to another, to change one’s location, to depart, departure to effect a change of location in space, with the implication that the two locations are significantly different
13.64 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Change of State
to change to, to turn into, to cause to be different from, to transform to cause a change of state, with emphasis upon the difference in the resulting state
34.27 · (μετατίθεμαι) · Association · Join, Begin To Associate
Collocation: μετατίθεμαι ἀπό
to turn away from, to abandon one’s loyalty to (an idiom, literally: to change from) to abandon an association
1 There are undoubtedly certain significant differences of meaning in this series in 13.64, but it is impossible to determine this on the basis of existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετα-τίθημι ; 1 aor. μετέθηκα; pres. mid. μετατίθεμαι ; 1 aor. pass. μετετέθην ; to transpose (two things, one of which is put in place of the other, [see μετά, III. 27}; 1.6. 1. to transfer: τινά foll. by εἰς w. ace. of place, pass., Acts vii. 16; without mention of the place, it being well known to the readers, Heb. xi. 5 (Gen. v. 24; Sir. xliv. 16, ef. Sap. iv. 10). 2. ta change (Hat. 5, 68); pass. of an office the mode of conferring which is changed, Heb. vii. 12; τὶ εἴς τι, to turn one thing into another (τινὰ εἰς πτηνὴν φύσιν, Anth. 11, 367, 2); figuratively, τὴν . - . χάριν eis ἀσέλγειαν, to pervert the grace of God to license, i. e. to seek from the grace of God an argument in defence of licentiousness, Jude 4 [cf. Huther in loc. ]. 3. pass. or [more commonly ] mid., to transfer one’s self or suffer one’s self to be transferred, i. 6. 10. go or puss over: ἀπό twos ets τι, to fall away or desert from one person or thing to another, Gal. i. 6 (cf. 2 Mace. vii. 24; Polyb. 5, 111, 8; 26, 2,6; Diod. 11, 4; [6 μεταθέμενος, turncoat, Diog. Laért. 7, 166 cf. 37; Athen. 7, 281 d.]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μετατίθημι metatithēmi 6x
to transport, Acts 7:16; to transfer, Heb. 7:12; to translate out of the world, Heb. 11:5; met. to transfer to other purposes, to pervert, Jude 4; mid. to transfer one’s self, to change over, Gal. 1:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μετα-τίθημι,
[in LXX: Ge 5:24 (לקח), De 27:17, al. (סוּג hi.), Si 44:16, II Mac 7:24, al;]
to transfer to another place: c. acc., pass., He 11:5(LXX); seq. εἰς, Ac 7:16.
to change: c. acc., pass., He 7:12; seq. εἰς, fig., i.e. to make one thing a pretext for another, χάριν εἰς ἀσέλγειαν, Ju 4. Mid., to change oneself, pass over: seq. ἀπό et εἰς, Ga 1:6 (cf. II Mac 7:24).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μετατίθημι. With the use of this verb in Ac γ156 we may compare P Tebt 11. 336! (c. A.D. 190) ἐξ ὧν μ[ε]τατίθ(ενται) εἰς δη(μοσίαν) γῆν (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβαι) KTA., of wheat “ transferred” to domain land. See also with reference to persons P Ryl 11. 220% (between A.D. 134-5 and 138), an official list of males, perhaps for military purposes, a certain number of whom had been transferred to a new heading or a new village in the 19th year of Hadrian—kal ἐνθάδ(ε) μετΊε(τέ) θίησαν) τῷ 8 (ἔτει) οἱ πλειόνων (‘those in excess’), and P Lond 3225 (a.p. 214-5?) (ΞΞ 11. p. 159f., Chrest. I. | p. 421), an application for the payment of the porters’ hire, , METATPETTO agreed upon for the removal of persons named from the village of Bacchias to that of Socnopaei Nesus—mpds ἀπαίτησιν φορέτρου ἀποτάκτου τῶν μετατιθεμένων ἐνθάδε ἀπὸ κώ(μης) Βακχί(ιάδος). In BGU I. 45 (ii/iii A.D.) μετατεθέντος μου els ἄλα (s7c) Βουκοντίων, military transference from one a/a or company to another is indicated; and in P Oxy XII. 14177° (early iv/A.p.) ἀπὸ τῆς βουλῆς μετατεθῆναι the reference is apparently to change of purpose, though unfortunately the immediate context is wanting: cf. Aristeas 188 μετατιθεὶς ἐκ τῆς κακίας [kal] els μετάνοιαν ἄξεις, and Menandrea p. 6445 ὥστ᾽ εἰ τοῦτ᾽ ἐδυσχέρανέ τις ἀτιμίαν τ᾽ ἐνόμισε, μεταθέσθω πάλιν, ““1Γ any one disliked it, and thought it a wicked shame, let him change his mind.” The description of Dionysius of Heracleia, who deserted the Stoics for the Epicureans, as ὁ μεταθέμενος, “the Turncoat’’ (Diog. Laert. vii. 166) may help us with Gal τὸ (cf. 2 Macc 7*# μεταθέμενον ἀπὸ τῶν πατρίων) : see also Field (Vo/es, p. 188.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μετατίθημι (metatithēmi) — to transport. μετατίθημι, future -θήσω:—middle, future - θήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I. place among, τῷ κ᾽ οὔ τι τόσον κέλαδον μετέθηκε (variant{μεθέηκεν}) then he would not have caused so much noise among us, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. place differently,
II.1. in local sense, transpose, change the place of, τὰ αἰδοῖα εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν (i.e. τὸν Ἑνώχ) ὁ θεός [LXX]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be transferred, [NT+2nd c.BC+]
II.2. in Logic, μ. τὸ συμπέρασμα alter a conclusion to its contrary, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. change, alter, of a treaty, μεταθεῖναι ὅπῃ ἂν δοκῇ ἀμφοτέροις Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ὑὸς τὰς ἐπωνυμίας μ. change their names and call them after swine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; substitute, προφάσεις ἀντὶ τῶν ἀληθῶν ψευδεῖς μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; correct, τοὺς ἠγνοηκότας [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; but, pervert, μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ [LXX]
II.4. middle, change what is one's own or for oneself, μ. τὰ εἰρημένα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόμους[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀνόματα change the use of words, [Refs 4th c.BC+] G. (also in active, [Refs]; [τὸ νόμισμα] [Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, change one's opinion, retract, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεταθέσθω let him change his mind, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also in political sense, change sides, μεταθέσθαι πρὸς τὴν Ῥωμαίων αἵρεσιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Dionysius of Heraclea, who went over from the Stoics to the Cyrenaics, was called μεταθέμενος, turn-coat, [LXX+1st c.AD+]
II.4. b τὴν γνώμην μετατίθεσθαι change to or adopt a new opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+] change from.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μετέθου λύσσαν ἄρτι σωφρονῶν thou hast changed to madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τὸ ὄνομα τὸ νῦν ἀπὸ τῶν αἰγῶν adopted their present name, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4. c μ. [τὸν φόβον] transfer one's fear, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῇ μισθαρνίᾳ ταῦτα μετατιθέμενος τὰ ὀνόματα transferring.., [Refs]
II.4. d with infinitive, μ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπλήστως.. ἔχοντος βίου τὸν κοσμίως.. ἔχοντα βίον ἑλέσθαι change one's mind and determine to choose.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. e with double accusative, τὸ κείνων κακὸν τῷδε κέρδος μ. turning their misdeeds into his gain, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. passive, to be changed, alter, μετετέθην εὐβουλίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἐς Ῥωμαίους pass over, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μ. ἀπὸ τοῦ καλέσαντος ὑμᾶς are turned away from.., [NT]