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With/after

μετάStrong’s G3326

meta

Appears in 443 verses of the New Testament

In short

Meta is the Greek word usually translated “with”, “after” and “among”. It appears in 443 verses of the New Testament.

“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,”
2 Thessalonians 1:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “with”, “after” and “among”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • with 349
  • after 97
  • among 4
  • against 4
  • in 3
  • along with 3
  • on 2
  • toward 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 68
  • Acts 65
  • Luke 63
  • John 54
  • Mark 53
  • Revelation 43

24 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 443 verses, by book
Colossians 1
4:18
1 Thessalonians 3
1:63:135:28
2 Thessalonians 4
1:73:123:163:18
2 Timothy 4
2:102:224:114:22
Philemon 1
1:25
1 Peter 1
1:11
2 Peter 1
1:15
2 John 2
1:21:3
Greek dictionary

μετά meta · with/after

μετά (before vowel μετ᾽; on the neglect of elision in certain cases, V. WH, App., 146 b), prep. with genitive, accusative (in poet, also with dative), [in LXX for אַחַד ,עִם ,אֵת, etc.]. I. C. genitive, 1. among, amid: Mrk.1:13, Luk.22:37 (LXX, ἐν) 24:5, Jhn.18:5, al.; διωγμῶν, Mrk.10:30. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “with” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WITH, preposition

[G.]

  1. By, noting cause, instrument or means.
  2. On the side of, noting friendship or favor.“Fear not, for I am with thee” Genesis 26:24
  3. In opposition to; in competition or contest; as, to struggle with adversity.
  4. Noting comparison.
All definitions
  1. In company.
  2. In the society of.
  3. In connection, or in appendage.
  4. In mutual dealing or intercourse.
  5. Noting confidence.
  6. In partnership.
  7. Noting connection.
  8. Immediately after.
  9. Among.
  10. Upon.
  11. In consent, noting parity of state.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.