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μετὰ ταῦτα

With/after · this/He/she/it

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μετά G3326 with/after
Pronunciation metá
Marks association/companionship with persons or divine presence; gradually replaced σύν in NT usage.
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οὗτος G3778 this/he/she/it
Pronunciation hoûtos
Demonstrates proximity or immediacy; contrasts with ἐκεῖνος (that) as near versus distant.
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What does μετὰ ταῦτα (meta tauta) mean in the Bible?

μετά · οὗτος is a Greek word meaning "after these things".

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Meaning

after these things
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 1:12 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 2:3 · Matt 2:11 · Matt 4:21 · Matt 5:25 · Matt 5:41 · Matt 8:11 · Matt 9:11 · Matt 9:15 · Matt 12:3 · Matt 12:4 · Matt 12:30 · Matt 12:41 · Matt 12:42 · Matt 12:45 470×
470 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 18 — The Lord Strengthens the Mission in Corinth and Beyond Acts 7 — Stephen Testifies to Israel’s Resistance and Christ’s Glory John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Mark 3 — The Servant-King Confronted: Sabbath Mercy, Demonic Accusation, and the Family of God Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded Matthew 28 — The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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