Deportation
μετοικεσίαStrong’s G3350metoikesia
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Metoikesia is the Greek word usually translated “carrying away”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:”
Meaning
Usually translated “carrying away”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- carrying away 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 1:12And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
- Matthew 1:17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Greek dictionary
μετοικεσία metoikesia · deportation
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 STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deportation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEPORTATION, noun
Transportation; a carrying away; a removal from one country to another, or to a distant place; exile; banishment.
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.