Strong’s G3331 · Greek
μετάθεσις
metáthesis · met-ath'-es-is
Origin from μετατίθημι (G3346);
Meaning transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law)
In the King James Version change, removing, translation.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Hebrews 7:12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
- Hebrews 11:5By 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.
- Hebrews 12:27And 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.