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μετοικεσία

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine4 occurrences1 book3 verses

Definition

μετοικεσία, -ας, ἡ

(= cl. μετολκία, -κησις; μετοικέω, to change one's abode), [in LXX chiefly for גּוֹלָה and cogn. forms, Ezekiel 12:11, Ob 20, al. ;]

change of abode, migration: of the Babylonian exile, μ. Βαβυλῶνος, Matthew 1:11-12, 17.

Hebrew words it translates

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. Matthew 1:11μετοικεσίας · exile
    …and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
  2. Matthew 1:12μετοικεσίαν · exile
    After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
  3. Matthew 1:17μετοικεσίας · exile; μετοικεσίας · exile
    In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.