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G3350 μετοικεσία (metoikesía)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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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

noun, f. | -ας | οἰκέω

85.83 · Existence in Space · Dwell, Reside

deportation act of causing someone to change a place of habitation

MAT 1:11 · MAT 1:12 · MAT 1:17 · MAT 1:17

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

μετοικεσία [page 405] μετοικεσία , transportation, deportation. The verb μετοικέω is supplied by A. W. Mair and W. M. Ramsay in a Phrygian epitaph of about the middle of iv/A.D. in honour of C. Calpurnius Collega Macedo θεοῦ προνοίᾳ καὶ ἱερῶν ἀνγέλων συνοδίᾳ με [τοικήσαντα ] εἰς [ο ]ὐρανὸν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων (see CR xxxiii. p. 2).

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+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

μετοικεσία, -ας, ἡ (= cl. μετολκία, -κησις; μετοικέω, to change one's abode), [in LXX chiefly for גּוֹלָה and cogn. forms, Eze.12:11, Ob 20, al. ;] change of abode, migration: of the Babylonian exile, μ. Βαβυλῶνος, Mat.1:11-12, 17.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (3)

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