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μετά

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greekNew TestamentPreposition468 occurrences24 books440 verses

Definition

μετά (before vowel μετ᾽; on the neglect of elision in certain cases, V. WH, App., 146 b),

prep. with genitive, accusative (in poet, also with dative), [in LXX for אַחַד ,עִם ,אֵת, etc.].

I. C. genitive,

1. among, amid: Mark 1:13, Luke 22:37 (LXX, ἐν) 24:5, John 18:5, al.; διωγμῶν, Mark 10:30.

2. Of association and companionship, with (in which sense it gradually superseded σύν, than which it is much more frequently in NT; cf. Bl., §42, 3): with genitive of person(s), Matthew 8:11; 20:20, Mark 1:29; 3:7, Luke 5:30, John 3:22, Galatians 2:1, al. mult.; εἶναι μετά, Matthew 5:25, Mark 3:14, al.; metaphorically, of divine help and guidance, John 3:2, Acts 7:9, Philippians 4:9, al.; opposite to εἶναι κατά, Matthew 12:30, Luke 11:23; in Hellenistic usage (but see M, Pr., 106, 246f.), πολεμεῖν μετά = cl. π., with dative, to wage war against (so LXX for נִלְחַם עִם, 1 Kings 17:33), Revelation 2:16, al.; with genitive of thing(s), χαρᾶς, Matthew 13:20, Mark 4:16, al.; ὀργῆς, Mark 3:5, al.

II. C. accusative,

1. of place, behind, after: Hebrews 9:3.

2. Of time, after: Matthew 17:1, Mark 14:1, Luke 1:24, Acts 1:5, Galatians 1:18, al.; μετὰ τοῦτο, John 2:12, al.; ταῦτα, Mrk.16:[12], Luke 5:27, John 3:22, al; with inf. artic. (BL, §71, 5; 72, 3), Matthew 26:32, Mark 1:14, al.

III. In composition,

1. of association or community: μεταδίδωμι, μετέχω, etc.

2. Exchange or transference: μεταλλάσσω, μετοικίζω, etc.

3. after: μεταμέλομαι.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as μετά:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

468 total
  1. Matthew 1:12Μετὰ · After
    After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
  2. Matthew 1:23Μεθ’ · with
    “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
  3. Matthew 2:3μετ’ · with
    When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
  4. Matthew 2:11μετὰ · with
    On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
  5. Matthew 4:21μετὰ · with
    Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
  6. Matthew 5:25μετ’
    Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
  7. Matthew 5:41μετ’ · with
    …and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
  8. Matthew 8:11μετὰ · with
    I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  9. Matthew 9:11μετὰ · with
    When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
  10. Matthew 9:15μετ’ · with
    Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
  11. Matthew 12:3μετ’
    Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
  12. Matthew 12:4μετ’
    He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
  13. Matthew 12:30μετ’ · with; μετ’ · with
    He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
  14. Matthew 12:41μετὰ · with
    The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
  15. Matthew 12:42μετὰ · with
    The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
  16. Matthew 12:45μεθ’
    Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
  17. Matthew 13:20μετὰ · with
    The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
  18. Matthew 14:7μεθ’ · with
    …so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
  19. Matthew 15:30μεθ’
    Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
  20. Matthew 16:27μετὰ · with
    For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
  21. Matthew 17:1μεθ’ · After
    After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
  22. Matthew 17:3μετ’ · with
    Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.
  23. Matthew 17:17μεθ’ · with
    “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
  24. Matthew 18:16μετὰ · along
    But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
  25. Matthew 18:23μετὰ · with
    Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
  26. Matthew 19:10μετὰ · [and]
    His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
  27. Matthew 20:2μετὰ · [to pay]
    He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
  28. Matthew 20:20μετὰ · with
    Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.
  29. Matthew 21:2μετ’ · beside
    …saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.
  30. Matthew 22:16μετὰ · along with
    They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
  31. Matthew 24:29μετὰ · after
    Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
  32. Matthew 24:30μετὰ · with
    At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
  33. Matthew 24:31μετὰ · with
    And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
  34. Matthew 24:49μετὰ · with
    And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
  35. Matthew 24:51μετὰ · with
    Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  36. Matthew 25:3μεθ’
    The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.
  37. Matthew 25:4μετὰ · along with
    But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
  38. Matthew 25:10μετ’ · with
    But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.
  39. Matthew 25:19Μετὰ · After; μετ’ · with
    After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
  40. Matthew 25:31μετ’ · with
    When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
  41. Matthew 26:2μετὰ · away
    “You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
  42. Matthew 26:11μεθ’ · with
    The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
  43. Matthew 26:18μετὰ · with
    He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
  44. Matthew 26:20μετὰ · with
    When evening came, Jesus was reclining with the twelve disciples.
  45. Matthew 26:23μετ’ · with
    Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
  46. Matthew 26:29μεθ’ · with
    I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
  47. Matthew 26:32Μετὰ · after
    But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
  48. Matthew 26:36μετ’ · with
    Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”