Word Summary
metabainō: to pass over, withdraw, depart
Original Word: μεταβαίνωTransliteration: metabainō
Phonetic Spelling: (met-ab-ah'-ee-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to pass over, withdraw, depart
Meaning: to pass over, withdraw, depart
Strong's Concordance
depart, go, pass, remove. 
From meta and the base of basis; to change place -- depart, go, pass, remove. 
see GREEK meta 
see GREEK basis 
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3327: μεταβαίνωμεταβαίνω; future 
μεταβήσομαι; 2 aorist 
μετεβην, imperative 
μετάβηθι and (in 
Matthew 17:20 L T Tr WH) 
μετάβα (see  
ἀναβαίνω, at the beginning); perfect 
μεταβέβηκα; from 
Homer down; 
to pass over from one place to another, to remote, depart: followed by 
ἀπό with a genitive of the place, 
Matthew 8:34; 
ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν (cf. 
Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4. 10), 
Luke 10:7; 
ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου πρός τόν πατέρα, 
John 13:1; 
ἐντεῦθεν, 
John 7:3; 
ἐκεῖθεν, 
Matthew 11:1; 
Matthew 12:9; 
Matthew 15:29; 
Acts 18:7; 
ἐντεῦθεν (
L T Tr WH ἔνθεν) 
ἐκεῖ (for 
ἐκισε (cf. 
Winers Grammar, § 54, 7; 
Buttmann, 71 (62))), of a thing, equivalent to 
to be removed, Matthew 17:20; metaphorically, 
ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τήν ζωήν, 
John 5:24; 
1 John 3:14.