To transport
μετατίθημιStrong’s G3346metatithēmi
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Metatithēmi is the Greek word usually translated “were carried over”, “are deserting” and “when is being changed”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Meaning
Usually translated “were carried over”, “are deserting” and “when is being changed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they were carried over 1
- you are deserting 1
- when is being changed 1
- was translated 1
- took up 1
- changing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 2
- Acts 1
- Galatians 1
- Jude 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 7:16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
- Galatians 1:6I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
- Hebrews 7:12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
- Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Greek dictionary
μετατίθημι metatithēmi · to transport
μετα-τίθημι [in LXX: Gen.5:24 (לָקַח), Deu.27:17, al. (סוּג hi.), Sir.44:16, 2Ma.7:24, al ;] 1. to transfer to another place: with accusative, pass., Heb.11:5 (LXX); before εἰς, Act.7:16 2. to change: with accusative, pass., Heb.7:12; before εἰς, figuratively, i.e. to make one thing a pretext for another, χάριν εἰς ἀσέλγειαν, Ju 4. Mid., to change oneself, pass over: before ἀπό and εἰς, Gal.1:6 (cf. 2Mac, l.with).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “transport” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRANSPORT, verb transitive
[Latin transporto; trans and porto, to carry.]
- To carry or convey from one place to another, either by means of beasts or vehicles on land, or by ships in water, or by balloons in air; as, to transport the baggage of an army; to transport goods from one country to another; to transport troops over a river.
- To carry into banishment, as a criminal.
- To hurry or carry away by violence of passion.
- To ravish with pleasure; to bear away the soul in ecstasy; as, to be transported with joy.
All definitions and other forms of “transport”
- To remove from one place to another, as a ship by means of hawsers and anchors.
TRANS'PORT, noun
Transportation; carriage; conveyance.
- A ship or vessel employed for carrying soldiers, warlike stores or provisions from one place to another, or to convey convicts to the place of their destination.
- Rapture; ecstasy.
- A convict transported or sentenced to exile.
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.