What does μετάθεσις (metáthesis) mean in the Bible?
μετάθεσις (metáthesis): Fundamental alteration or replacement of an established order or institution, not mere relocation
Greek · G3331
μετάθεσις
Removal/change
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μετάθεσις G3331
Pronunciation metáthesis
What does μετάθεσις (metáthesis) mean in the Bible?
μετάθεσις (metáthesis): Fundamental alteration or replacement of an established order or institution, not mere relocation
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3331?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include be changed (1), he was taken (1), removal (1).
Where does μετάθεσις (metáthesis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 7:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It be changed 1× Hebrews 7:12
he was taken 1× Hebrews 11:5
removal 1× Hebrews 12:27
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 7:12
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Hebrews 3
Source forms
μεταθέσεως 1x metatheseōs Hebrews 11:5
μετάθεσιν 1x metathesin Hebrews 12:27
μετάθεσις 1x metathesis Hebrews 7:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 12:27
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 11:5
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 7:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fundamental alteration or replacement of an established order or institution, not mere relocation
Strong's G3331
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
removal/change
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 7:12 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
μετάθεσις metaqesiv
change, transformation, removal
Read verse Hebrews 11:5 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
μεταθέσεως metaqesewv
change, transformation, removal
Read verse Hebrews 12:27 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
μετάθεσιν, metaqesin
change, transformation, removal
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Heb 7:12 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 11:5 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 12:27 1×
Word Origins
μετάθεσις is built from this root:
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain