Metathesis means “transposition” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3331 — yatsa (“spread”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3331 μετάθεσις (metathesis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. metathesis (met-ath'-es-is) n. 1. transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law) [from G3346] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include law, translation, and removing. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
metathesis (met-ath'-es-is) n. 1. transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law) [from G3346] KJV: change, removing, translation Root(s): G3346
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3331. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
removal/change
Usage: μετά-θεσις, -εως, ἡ (μετατίθημι) [in LXX: 2Ma.11:24 * ;] __1. change of position, removal : Heb.11:5. __2. change, as of that which has been established : Heb.7:12 12:27.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render metathesis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G3331 (μετάθεσις) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
By 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.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
We understand also that the Jews would not consent to our father, for to be brought unto the customs of the Gentiles, but had rather keep their own manner of living: for the which cause they require of us, that we should suffer them to live after their own laws.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3331.
For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
By 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.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
We understand also that the Jews would not consent to our father, for to be brought unto the customs of the Gentiles, but had rather keep their own manner of living: for the which cause they require of us, that we should suffer them to live after their own laws.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3331, grouped by book.
Metathesis (Strong's G3331) is a Greek word most simply glossed "transposition". metathesis (met-ath'-es-is) n. 1. transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law) [from G3346]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G3331 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3331 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as law, translation, and removing. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3331, with linked reader references where each row is available.