Metoikesia μετοικεσία

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Metoikesia
μετοικεσία
Transliterationmetoikesia
Strong's numberG3350
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossdeportation
Occurrences4 in 3 verses

Metoikesia (Greek μετοικεσία, Strong's G3350) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “deportation”. It occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVto (2), into (2)
BSBexile (4)

Verses

Every verse with Metoikesia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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