Quick Definition
μετοικεσία, ας, ἡ n.f. change of abode, migration, deportation
Strong's Definition
a change of abode, i.e. (specially), expatriation
Derivation: from a derivative of a compound of G3326 (μετά) and G3624 (οἶκος);
KJV Usage: X brought, carried(-ying) away (in-)to
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετοικεσία, -as, 4, (for the better form μετοίκησις, fr. μετοικέω [cf. W. 24 (23)]), a removal from one abode to another, esp. a foreed removal: with the addition Baβυλῶνος (on this gen. cf. W. § 30, 2 a.) said of the Babylonian exile, Mt. i. 11 sq.17. (Sept. for τ) i. 6. migration, esp. into captivity; of the Babylonian exile, 2 K. xxiv. 16; 1 Chr. v. 22; Ezek. xii.11; for na, Obad. 20; Nah. iii. 10. Elsewh. only in Anthol. 7, 731, 6.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μετοικεσία metoikesia 4x
change of abode or country, migration, Mt. 1:11, 12, 17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μετοικεσία, -ας, ἡ
(= cl. μετοικία, -κησις; < μετοικέω, to change one's abode), [in LXX chiefly for גֹּלָה and cogn. forms, Ez 12:11, Ob 1:20, al.;]
change of abode, migration: of the Babylonian exile, μ. Βαβυλῶνος, Mt 1:11, 12, 17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μετοικεσία (metoikesia) — deportation. μετοικ-εσία, ἡ, ={μετοικία} 1, especially of the captivity of the Jews, [LXX+NT]; also πλεόνων μ. 'the land o' the leal', [Refs 1st c.AD+]
